Help... why can't Iuse data from two tables in the same view

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David

I’ve having exactly the same problem here and can’t find a solution -
have you had any joy?

Nick Horrigan
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On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 21:29 +0000, Nick Horrigan wrote:

David

I’ve having exactly the same problem here and can’t find a solution -
have you had any joy?

I am working on this at the moment…

What has worked for me…

in myfile.rhtml

<%= this_controller.field_name %>
<%= this_controller.another_controller.field_name %>

and in

this_controller.rb

def myfile
@this_controller This_controller.find(params[:id])
@another_controller AnotherController.find(:all)
end

and also, you must set your has/belongs to/ etc. in the models

I hope this helps

Craig

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Assume you want to render a view linking people and jobs together, for
some hypothetical application. You’ve got two tables, ‘people’ and
‘jobs’, that you want to drag info from for this one form.

In your controller:

jobs_controller.rb
…
def link_people_to_jobs
@jobs = Job.find(:all)
@people = Person.find(:all)
…
end

Then, in your view:

<%
@jobs.each do
|job|
@people.each do
|person|
…(do cool stuff here)
end
end
%>

Note that you should define @jobs and @people in your controller,
not try to define them in your view.

Regards

Dave M.