just wondering if theres a more idiomatic way to avoid the `assert_existance_of_template_file'' error than passing an empty block to render :update (or hacking up the actionview::base class). ive tried various things like render :template => false/nil etc and havent seem to found a magic trick.. i realize most times a controller would want a view but various cases during development, as well as forwarding the controller data over local pipes to audio daemons etc, sometimes the browser needs nothing in the way of view updates -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
carmen wrote:> just wondering if theres a more idiomatic way to avoid the > `assert_existance_of_template_file'' error than passing an empty block to > render :update (or hacking up the actionview::base class). ive tried > various things like render :template => false/nil etc and havent seem to > found a magic trick.. > > i realize most times a controller would want a view but various cases > during development, as well as forwarding the controller data over local > pipes to audio daemons etc, sometimes the browser needs nothing in the > way of view updates > >Try render :text : # Renders the clear text "hello world" with status code 200 render :text => "hello world!" See: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/Base.html#M000178 Jason