Newbie question about using helpers in controllers

Rails
1

I’m trying to display a list of pages in xml. I want to change
page.update_at to distance_of_time_in_words_to_now. However whenever I
run it I get an error saying:
undefined method `distance_of_time_in_words_to_now’
I know I can just go the rails api and copy the source, but there must
be another way.

def list
@page = Page.find(:all, :order => “updated_at desc”)

for page in @page
page.updated_at = distance_of_time_in_words_to_now(page.updated_at)
end

render :xml => @page.to_xml
end

2

This should help you out. It has its limitations but for most purposes
it’s
what you are looking for. Especially useful for chaining helpers in an
action in your controller.

D. Taylor S.,
Reality Technician