Rails - Dec 2006 - setting a "global" variable..

hi, all..

i have an activerecord object called:

@site_info = SiteInfo.find(:first)

that is used on pretty much every page on my site..

i am finding that i have to set that all over the place in my app..

is it possible to put this declaration somewhere where i can find do:

@site_info.site_name

anywhere in my app?

i have tried putting it in application.rb, and at the top of all my
controllers, with no luck..

any help would be appreciated..

thanks!

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Why not using global variable?
$site_info = SiteInfo.find(:first)

and all of your rails files can access $site_info.


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Hi --

On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Sergio Ruiz wrote:
>
> hi, all..
>
> i have an activerecord object called:
>
> @site_info = SiteInfo.find(:first)
>
> that is used on pretty much every page on my site..
>
> i am finding that i have to set that all over the place in my app..
>
> is it possible to put this declaration somewhere where i can find do:
>
> @site_info.site_name
>
> anywhere in my app?
>
> i have tried putting it in application.rb, and at the top of all my
> controllers, with no luck..
I suspect you''ve done something like this:

   class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base

     @site_info = SiteInfo.find(:first)

and then in another controller:

     def do_something
       name = @site_info.site_name
     end
     ...
   end

and gotten a NoMethodError for calling "site_name" on nil.

Am I close? :-)

If that''s the case, then the problem is that you''ve defined
the
instance variable to be a property of the class object
ApplicationController -- which, because of how instance variables work
in Ruby (each one belongs to exactly one object) means that it''s not
available where you really need it to be: namely, the controller
*instance*.

So, try this:

   class ApplicationController < ACB
     before_filter set_site_info
     def set_site_info
       @site_info = SiteInfo.find(:first)
     end

     ...
   end

That way, every controller instance will set the variable, and it will
be visible to the controller (and the view, thanks to some "magic"
behind the scenes) for the duration of the request.


David

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> So, try this:
> 
>    class ApplicationController < ACB
>      before_filter set_site_info
>      def set_site_info
>        @site_info = SiteInfo.find(:first)
>      end
> 
>      ...
>    end
>
hi!

thanks so much for your help..

i tried doing in this way, but i am having no luck..

i am getting this error now:

NameError (undefined local variable or method `set_site_info'' for 
ApplicationController:Class):

i am thinking about adding:

<%- @site_info = SiteInfo.find(:first) %>

into my layout.. but i really don''t like doing business in the 
template..

any ideas why i might be having a the above error?

thanks!

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Hi --

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006, Sergio Ruiz wrote:
>
>
>> So, try this:
>>
>>    class ApplicationController < ACB
>>      before_filter set_site_info
>>      def set_site_info
>>        @site_info = SiteInfo.find(:first)
>>      end
>>
>>      ...
>>    end
>>
>
> hi!
>
> thanks so much for your help..
>
> i tried doing in this way, but i am having no luck..
>
> i am getting this error now:
>
> NameError (undefined local variable or method `set_site_info'' for
> ApplicationController:Class):
Whoops, I left the : off of :set_site_info.  Sorry.  It should be:

   before_filter :set_site_info


David

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> Whoops, I left the : off of :set_site_info.  Sorry.  It should be:
> 
>    before_filter :set_site_info
> 
hi, david!

thanks so much for your help!

btw..


i just ordered your book... based on your sig.. so, if you are wondering 
if it works, it does..

thanks again!

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Funny - it went the other way for me:  I purchased the book the learn
about ruby and rails, then find the author is quite active here. :)
It''s one of the great things about Ruby and RoR that I hope we will
never lose.

On Dec 19, 2:58 pm, Sergio Ruiz
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> > Whoops, I left the : off of :set_site_info.  Sorry.  It should be:
>
> >    before_filter :set_site_infohi, david!
>
> thanks so much for your help!
>
> btw..
>
> i just ordered your book... based on your sig.. so, if you are wondering
> if it works, it does..
> 
> thanks again!
> 
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