Rails - Aug 2010 - How to inject a value in params when testing a helper method

I what to try this method in a helper class:

def moderator_buttons?
    return true if params[:question_status] == ''HOST_INBOX''
    return true if params[:question_status] ==
''HOST_INBOX_READ''
    return true if params[:question_status] == ''DELETED''
    return true if params[:question_status] == ''LATER''
    return true if params[:question_status] ==
''MODERATOR_TO_APPROVE''

    false
  end

How can I assign ''HOST_INBOX'' string to
params[:question_status]
before

assert true, moderator_buttons?

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Riccardo Tacconi wrote:
> I what to try this method in a helper class:
> 
> def moderator_buttons?
>     return true if params[:question_status] ==
''HOST_INBOX''
>     return true if params[:question_status] ==
''HOST_INBOX_READ''
>     return true if params[:question_status] == ''DELETED''
>     return true if params[:question_status] == ''LATER''
>     return true if params[:question_status] ==
''MODERATOR_TO_APPROVE''
> 
>     false
>   end
No you don''t.  Your helpers don''t have access to params, since
they live
in the view layer.  You''ll need to pass params[:question_status] in as 
an @instance variable.

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On Aug 4, 4:09 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser
<li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> No you don''t.  Your helpers don''t have access to params,
since they live
> in the view layer.  You''ll need to pass params[:question_status]
in as
> an @instance variable.
They do - ActionView::Base delegates the params method (among others)
to the controller

Fred

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Frederick Cheung wrote:
> On Aug 4, 4:09�pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser
<li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> No you don''t. �Your helpers don''t have access to
params, since they live
>> in the view layer. �You''ll need to pass
params[:question_status] in as
>> an @instance variable.
> 
> They do - ActionView::Base delegates the params method (among others)
> to the controller
OK, then I''m sorry for the error.  I still can''t see why
it''s ever a
good idea to touch the params array in the view...

...though I suppose you could make the argument that the controller 
shouldn''t have to know it needs to set @question_status.
> 
> Fred
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