I''ve noticed that under some (unknown) circumstances local variables to partials are undefined and under other (equally mysterious) circumstances they are defined but nil. Here''s an example of what I''m talking about. <%= render :partial => ''my_partial'', :locals => { :var1 = > ''foo'' } %> The partial (note, var2 was not passed above): <% if var2 -%> Variable number 2 was passed! <% else -%> Variable number 2 was not passed! <% end -%> Sometimes this will throw an exception complaining about the variable being not defined. Other times, the variable will be defined and its value is nil. I''m wondering if this has something to do with garbage collection. I''ve noticed that if the same partial is called from another page and the variables ARE passed in, later on on a different page where the variables are NOT passed in, the partial treats them as nil. I haven''t seen this behave consistently, however. Which made me think there were external forces at work, hence my GC theory (although I admit I don''t know much about GC in Ruby, so I am reaching with this theory). Has anyone else experienced this? Is there something obvious I''m missing? Thanks in advance. - Jason -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---