I have the following problem where the view is not able to read a array variable from the model. however my puts staetments thro the controller is able to print the values of the varable. more details below class TorontotraderController < ApplicationController model :config1 def home @hi="cock a doodledo" con=Config1.new @filestoShow=con.getDirectories1() end Model is def getDirectories1 @torontoTraderBasePath="C:/temp/" Dir.chdir(@torontoTraderBasePath) return Dir["**{Sc*}"] end view is hello <%= @hi %> <% for fil in @filestoShow %> <%= fil %> <% end %> when i state puts @filestoShow in my controller, i get the direcoty listing in my rails command window. however my home.rhtml is not able to display any values. if i comment out the @filestoShow in my controller, i can get my test value. how do i make it to work so that i can display my @filestoShow properly from my home.rhtml -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/newbie-rails-tf2168029.html#a5994375 Sent from the RubyOnRails Users forum at Nabble.com. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---