Ugggh..another recipes question

Rails
1

sorry, because it seems that I need more explanation on this Rails
Recipes authorization -

I finally got the code working but after using the login I get this
back from Rails-

Routing Error
No url can be generated for the hash {}

I’m guessing it’s coming from the redirect-

def login
if request.post?
session[:user] = User.authenticate(params[:first_name],
params[:last_name],
params[:password]).id
redirect_to :action => session[:intended_action],
:controller => session[:intended_controller]

I don’t see an explanation in the recipe about this redirect. Do I need
it ?

TIA
Stuart

2

You could do something like…

if session[:intended_action] && session[:intended_controller]
redirect_to :action => session[:intended_action],
:controller => session[:intended_controller]
else
redirect_to :action => ‘index’
end

Your authorize before_filter is not setting those values into the
session before redirecting user to the login controller. What does
your before_filter look like?

3

I have a before filter -
before_filter :check_authentication
def check_authentication
unless session[:user]
session[:intended_action] = action_name
session[:intended_controller] = controller_name
redirect_to :action => “signin”
end
end
The main index will be where users can login or register.
However after logging in they should be returned to the main index
with a greeting for them
and the register and login box gone.

Stuart