Share controller method when rendering partial

Rails
#1

Hi,
I have a question regarding rendering partials:

I have this controller called twitter

class TwitterController < ApplicationController

def index
@twitter_search = Twitter::Search.new(’#rails’)
end
end

In the twitter index views i render a partial:

<%= render :partial => “shared/twitterlist” %>

This work’s fine for the Twitter index view, but when I call the
render partial from another view like dashboard/index like this:

<%= render :partial => “shared/twitterlist” %>

I get this error:

You have a nil object when you didn’t expect it!
You might have expected an instance of Array.
The error occurred while evaluating nil.each

What am I doing wrong here?
Is it even possible to share data across the views like that?

#2

andkjaer wrote:

Hi,
I have a question regarding rendering partials:

I have this controller called twitter

class TwitterController < ApplicationController

def index
@twitter_search = Twitter::Search.new(’#rails’)
end
end

In the twitter index views i render a partial:

<%= render :partial => “shared/twitterlist” %>

First of all you’re relying on implicit instance variables in your
partials. You really shouldn’t do that. The current version of Rails
automatically injects instance variable assigned in the controller into
partials. I believe, however, that this behavior has been deprecated and
may be removed in future versions of Rails. Instead you should
explicitly pass local data into the partial with :locals =>
@twitter_search, or similar technique.

This work’s fine for the Twitter index view, but when I call the
render partial from another view like dashboard/index like this:

<%= render :partial => “shared/twitterlist” %>

I get this error:

You have a nil object when you didn’t expect it!
You might have expected an instance of Array.
The error occurred while evaluating nil.each

If you need that data available to pass into the shared partial then you
need to assign that data in the controller calling used for rendering
the view/partial.

What am I doing wrong here?
Is it even possible to share data across the views like that?

Keep in mind that instance variables set in controllers are only
available for one request/response cycle. Any data you need for a view
you should assign in the controller action used to render the view.

#3

Robert W. wrote:

Keep in mind that instance variables set in controllers are only
available for one request/response cycle. Any data you need for a view
you should assign in the controller action used to render the view.

Also remember that before_filter can be used in cases where you need to
load data for multiple actions within a controller. This will help keep
your code DRY.

#4

Thanks Robert,
But one question.
Where do I put the code called by an :before_filter
In the application_controller ?

On 2 Nov., 15:54, Robert W. [email protected]

#5

If I’m not mistaken, you have TwitterController and a
DashboardController.
You could have a before_filter (to set @twitter_search) in each of these
for
the methods that result in the partial being rendered. I suppose you
could
also have a before_filter in the ApplicationController, but not sure
that’s
the best idea.

Euwyn

#6

But where shhould the method live? In the Application controller?

def twitter_search
…
end