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softwareengineer 99

2006-Feb-04 18:25 UTC

[Rails] What''s the best way to embed a form?

I would like to embed my login form on my app''s home page.
What''s the  best way to render the login action of member controller
from another  action?
  
  Thanks
  Frank
  
		
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Xavier Noria

2006-Feb-04 18:36 UTC

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On Feb 4, 2006, at 19:24, softwareengineer 99 wrote:
> I would like to embed my login form on my app''s home page.
What''s
> the best way to render the login action of member controller from  
> another action?
If there''s a controller that renders that form, a clean idiom is to  
embed it calling render_component from the view:

    http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionController/Components.html

-- fxn

softwareengineer 99

2006-Feb-04 18:44 UTC

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Thanks Xavier for your quick assistance.
  
  The problem is that when I use
  render_component :controller => "member",  :action =>
"login"
  
  the original home page doesn''t render anymore.
  
  I tried the following after rendering the above component, but then my 
application stops. I am guessing it goes into an infinite loop.
  
  render_component :controller => "home",  :action =>
"show", :params => { "category" => @params[:category]
}
  
  How can I render my home page, but just add the form there?
  
  Thanks
  Frank
  

Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com> wrote:  On Feb 4, 2006, at 19:24,
softwareengineer 99 wrote:
> I would like to embed my login form on my app''s home page.
What''s
> the best way to render the login action of member controller from  
> another action?
If there''s a controller that renders that form, a clean idiom is to  
embed it calling render_component from the view:

    http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionController/Components.html

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softwareengineer 99

2006-Feb-04 18:46 UTC

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Xavier,
  I figured it out.
  I was trying to put it in the controller, but if I put it in views directory,
it works
  
  Thanks for your assistance.
  
  Frank

softwareengineer 99 <softwareengineer99@yahoo.com> wrote:  Thanks Xavier
for your quick assistance.
  
  The problem is that when I use
  render_component :controller => "member",  :action =>
"login"
  
  the original home page doesn''t render anymore.
  
  I tried the following after rendering the above component, but then my 
application stops. I am guessing it goes into an infinite loop.
  
  render_component :controller => "home",  :action =>
"show", :params => { "category" => @params[:category]
}
  
  How can I render my home page, but just add the form there?
  
  Thanks
  Frank
  

Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com> wrote:  On Feb 4, 2006, at 19:24,
softwareengineer 99 wrote:
> I would like to embed my login form on my app''s home page.
What''s
> the best way to render the login action of member controller f   rom    
> another action?
If there''s a controller that renders that form, a clean idiom is to  
embed it calling render_component from the view:

    http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionController/Components.html

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softwareengineer 99

2006-Feb-04 18:51 UTC

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[Rails] What''s the best way to embed a form?: Header showing multiple times?

Now I am having an issue where my layout is rendered twice? My header is
showing two times, once for the home page and the second time for the login
page.

Is there a way that I can have the layout rendered only once?
Thanks
Frank

softwareengineer 99 <softwareengineer99@yahoo.com> wrote: Xavier,
I figured it out.
I was trying to put it in the controller, but if I put it in views directory,
it works

Thanks for your assistance.

Frank

softwareengineer 99 <softwareengineer99@yahoo.com> wrote: Thanks Xavier
for your quick assistance.

The problem is that when I use
render_component :controller => "member", :action =>
"login"

the original home page doesn''t render anymore.

I tried the following after rendering the above component, but then my
application stops. I am guessing it goes into an infinite loop.

render_component :controller => "home", :action =>
"show", :params => { "category" => @params[:category]
}

How can I render my home page, but just add the form there?

Thanks
Frank

Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com> wrote: On Feb 4, 2006, at 19:24,
softwareengineer 99 wrote:
> I would like to embed my login form on my app''s home page.
What''s
> the best way to render the login action of member controller f rom
> another action?
If there''s a controller that renders that form, a clean idiom is to
embed it calling render_component from the view:

http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionController/Components.html

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Tom Mornini

2006-Feb-04 19:37 UTC

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On Feb 4, 2006, at 10:24 AM, softwareengineer 99 wrote:
> I would like to embed my login form on my app''s home page.
What''s
> the best way to render the login action of member controller from  
> another action?
Unless your users are forced to view the home page via SSL, what you  
are trying to do (and is done so commonly) is not secure:

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/04/20/410240.aspx

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softwareengineer 99

2006-Feb-04 19:41 UTC

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I am using SSL for the entire app so security is not an issue here.
  Thanks
  Frank

Tom Mornini <tmornini@infomania.com> wrote:  On Feb 4, 2006, at 10:24 AM,
softwareengineer 99 wrote:
> I would like to embed my login form on my app''s home page.
What''s
> the best way to render the login action of member controller from  
> another action?
Unless your users are forced to view the home page via SSL, what you  
are trying to do (and is done so commonly) is not secure:

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/04/20/410240.aspx

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Xavier Noria

2006-Feb-04 19:50 UTC

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On Feb 4, 2006, at 19:51, softwareengineer 99 wrote:
> Now I am having an issue where my layout is rendered twice? My  
> header is showing two times, once for the home page and the second  
> time for the login page.
>
>  Is there a way that I can have the layout rendered only once?
Yes, in your application the generation of the login form does not  
construct an entire HTML page, it only creates a HTML form. In those  
situations you need to render :layout => false.

-- fxn

softwareengineer 99

2006-Feb-04 20:33 UTC

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Thank you so much for your reply.

  Unfortunately, I can''t get it to work. 

  According to 
http://rails.techno-weenie.net/question/2006/1/14/render_component_infinite_loop
, its the render method that supports :layout=>false.

  When I place :layout=>false in render_component, nothing happens.

  When I palce render (:layout=>false ) at the end of my function, no form is
shown.

  When I change render_component to render, still no form shows up.

  So far: in show.rhtml, I have
  <%= render :controller => "member",  :action =>
"login",  :layout => false, :params => {
"member[login]" => "" }   %>

  When I put 
  render (:layout=>false)
  in my tags_controller, the layout is shown 0 times.

  I tried 
  <%= render_component :controller => "member",  :action => 
"login", :layout => false, :params => {
"member[login]" => ""  }  %>

  but it causes the layout to show two times.

  I am really confused at the moment and appreciate any help.

  Thanks
  Frank
Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com> wrote:  On Feb 4, 2006, at 19:51,
softwareengineer 99 wrote:
> Now I am having an issue where my layout is rendered twice? My  
> header is showing two times, once for the home page and the second  
> time for the login page.
>
>  Is there a way that I can have the layout rendered only once?
Yes, in your application the generation of the login form does not  
construct an entire HTML page, it only creates a HTML form. In those  
situations you need to render :layout => false.

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Xavier Noria

2006-Feb-04 21:29 UTC

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On Feb 4, 2006, at 21:33, softwareengineer 99 wrote:
> Thank you so much for your reply.
>
> Unfortunately, I can''t get it to work.
The idea is:

1. In the view that generates the home you put something like this:

    <%= render_component :controller => "member", :action =>
"login_form" %>

2. In member_controller.rb there''s the corresponding action whose  
only purpose is the generation of the login form:

     def login_form
       # ...
       render :layout => false
     end

3. The file login_form.rhtml generates a HTML form that calls the  
actual "login" action if submitted.

This is a technique to include HTML from other controllers, it makes  
sense when the generated HTML needs to be included in several places,  
when the controller is needed to take some logic into account in the  
generation of the HTML, etc. If the controller is not needed then  
factoring out the very form in a private template plus  
render :partial in the view is another standard idiom.

-- fxn

softwareengineer 99

2006-Feb-04 22:26 UTC

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Xavier,
  Thank you once again for your detailed reply.
  
  I created a method named ''login_form'' and the corresponding
.rhtml file. but now I just keep getting the following error:
  
  
"::MemberController" is not a valid constant name!

I thought one could add a new action by simply creating the method and the
.rhtml file.

What am I missing?

Any pointers are greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Frank


  

		
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softwareengineer 99

2006-Feb-04 22:36 UTC

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I just wanted to add to the following post that the moment I change 
  <%= render_component :controller => "member",  :action =>
"login_form"%>
  to
  <%= render_component :controller => "member",  :action =>
"login"%>
  I don''t get the exception error.
  
  Can anyone please guide me as to what else is required to create an  action? I
have created the .rhtml file and defined the method in my  controller?
  
  Thanks

softwareengineer 99 <softwareengineer99@yahoo.com> wrote:  
Xavier,
  Thank you once again for your detailed reply.
  
  I created a method named ''login_form'' and the corresponding
.rhtml file. but now I just keep getting the following error:
  
  
"::MemberController" is not a valid constant name!

I thought one could add a new action by simply creating the method and the
.rhtml file.

What am I missing?

Any pointers are greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Frank


  
    

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Xavier Noria

2006-Feb-04 22:40 UTC

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On Feb 4, 2006, at 23:26, softwareengineer 99 wrote:
> Thank you once again for your detailed reply.
Sure.
> I created a method named ''login_form'' and the
corresponding .rhtml
> file. but now I just keep getting the following error:
>
> "::MemberController" is not a valid constant name!
>
> I thought one could add a new action by simply creating the method  
> and the .rhtml file.
>
> What am I missing?
Can you send the smallest relevant code snippets?

-- fxn

softwareengineer 99

2006-Feb-04 22:53 UTC

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Thank you Xavier for your reply:
  
  Here is the views/member/login_form.rhtml (edited for html)
    <%= head_helper %>
      <%= start_form_tag_helper  %>
           <%= form_input :text_field, "login", :size => 30
%><br/>
          <%= form_input :password_field, "password", :size =>
30 %><br/>
            <%= button_helper ''login'' %>
          <%= link_helper ''login_signup'', :action =>
''signup'' %> |
          <%= link_helper  ''login_forgot_password'', :action
=> ''forgot_password''  %>
      <%= end_form_tag %>
   
  The following is the line in views/tags/show.html
  
  <%= render_component :controller => "member",  :action =>
"login_form"%>
  
  If I change the above line  back to login, I don''t get the exception
error.
  
  Here are the lines from member_controller.rb
  
  def login_form
      return if generate_blank
      @member = Member.new(@params[''member''])
      if @session[''member''] =
Member.authenticate(@params[''member''][''login''],
@params[''member''][''password''])
        flash[''notice''] = l(:member_login_succeeded)
        redirect_back_or_default :action => ''welcome''
      else
        @login = @params[''member''][''login'']
        flash.now[''message''] = l(:member_login_failed)
      end
      render :layout => false
  end
  
  
  Unfortunately, since I ported my app to use SVN, I don''t have access
to log contents either (an issue I am working on fixing).
  
  If there is anything else that you would like to see, please let me know.
  
  Once again, thank you very much for your assistance.
  
  Frank
  > What am I missing?

Can you send the smallest relevant code snippets?

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softwareengineer 99

2006-Feb-04 22:57 UTC

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I was able to get access to logs using the webrick server and the following is
an excerpt:
  
  
  
  Processing MemberController#login_form (for 151.213.150.183 at 2006-02-04
15:50:05) [GET]
    Parameters: {"action"=>"login_form",
"id"=>nil, "controller"=>"member"}
  Redirected to http://accounting.adoppt.com:3000/member/login
  Filter chain halted as [login_required] returned false
  Completed in 0.00104 (961 reqs/sec) | DB: 0.00000 (0%) | 302 Found
[http://accounting.adoppt.com/tag/business]
  Start rendering component ({:controller=>"/member",
:action=>"login"}):
  
  
  ActionView::TemplateError ("::MemberController" is not a valid
constant name!) on line #9 of app/views/tags/show.rhtml:
  6:
  7:
  8:
  9: <%= render_component :controller => "member",  :action
=> "login_form"%>
  10:
  11: <table class="main" align="center">
  12:
  
  
  I appreciate your assistance.
  
  Thanks
  Frank

softwareengineer 99 <softwareengineer99@yahoo.com> wrote:  Thank you
Xavier for your reply:
  
  Here is the views/member/login_form.rhtml (edited for html)
    <%= head_helper %>
      <%= start_form_tag_helper  %>
           <%= form_input :text_field, "login", :size => 30
%><br/>
          <%= form_input :password_field, "password", :size =>
30 %><br/>
            <%= button_helper ''login'' %>
          <%= link_helper ''login_signup'', :action =>
''signup'' %> |
          <%= link_helper  ''login_forgot_password'', :action
=> ''forgot_password''  %>
      <%= end_form_tag %>
   
  The following is the line in views/tags/show.html
  
  <%= render_component :contro   ller   => "member",  :action
=> "login_form"%>
  
  If I change the above line  back to login, I don''t get the exception
error.
  
  Here are the lines from member_controller.rb
  
  def login_form
      return if generate_blank
      @member = Member.new(@params[''member''])
      if @session[''member''] =
Member.authenticate(@params[''member''][''login''],
@params[''member''][''password''])
        flash[''notice''] = l(:member_login_succeeded)
        redirect_back_or_default :action => ''welcome''
      else
        @login = @params[''member''][''login'']
        flash.now[''message''] = l(:member_login_failed)
      end
      render :layout => false
  end
  
  
  Unfortunately, since I ported my app to use SVN, I don''t have acce  
ss to   log contents either (an issue I am working on fixing).
  
  If there is anything else that you would like to see, please let me know.
  
  Once again, thank you very much for your assistance.
  
  Frank
  > What am I missing?

Can you send the smallest relevant code snippets?

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Xavier Noria

2006-Feb-05 09:02 UTC

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On Feb 4, 2006, at 23:53, softwareengineer 99 wrote:
> Thank you Xavier for your reply:
>
> Here is the views/member/login_form.rhtml (edited for html)
>   <%= head_helper %>
>     <%= start_form_tag_helper  %>
>          <%= form_input :text_field, "login", :size => 30
%><br/>
>         <%= form_input :password_field, "password", :size
=> 30 %
> ><br/>
>           <%= button_helper ''login'' %>
>         <%= link_helper ''login_signup'', :action =>
''signup'' %> |
>         <%= link_helper ''login_forgot_password'',
:action =>
> ''forgot_password'' %>
>     <%= end_form_tag %>
>
> The following is the line in views/tags/show.html
>
> <%= render_component :contro ller => "member",  :action
=>
> "login_form"%>
There''s a spurious space in ":contro ller".

softwareengineer 99

2006-Feb-05 17:45 UTC

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I can''t say thanks enough for you continung to assist me.
  
  I have no idea how the space got in the message. I checked with my code and
there is no space or I edited it out earlier:
  
  <%= render_component :controller => "member",  :action =>
"login_form"%>
  
  I spent all night trying to figure it out but to no avail.
  
  Am I right in assuming that a method and a corresponding .rhtml file is all
that''s needed to create an action?
  
  Frank

Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com> wrote:  On Feb 4, 2006, at 23:53,
softwareengineer 99 wrote:
> Thank you Xavier for your reply:
>
> Here is the views/member/login_form.rhtml (edited for html)
>   <%= head_helper %>
>     <%= start_form_tag_helper  %>
>          <%= form_input :text_field, "login", :size => 30
%>
>         <%= form_input :password_field, "password", :size
=> 30 %
> >
>           <%= button_helper ''login'' %>
>         <%= link_helper ''login_signup'', :action =>
''signup'' %> |
>         <%= link_helper ''login_forgot_password'',
:action =>
> ''forgot_password'' %>
>     <%= end_form_tag %>
>
> The following is the line in views/tags/show.html
>
> <%= render_component :contro ller => "member",  :action
=>
> "login_form"%>
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softwareengineer 99

2006-Feb-05 18:17 UTC

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After some digging around, I found the solution to the error:
  
"::MemberController" is not a valid constant name!
  The error goes away if I comment out the following line in
member_controller.rb
  
  before_filter :login_required
  
  
  My MemberController has the following layout applied to it
  class MemberController < ApplicationController
    layout  ''default-layout''

  This is causing the header to show up two times (even for my new method
login_form).
  
  How can I have a default layout applied to a Controller and then turn it off
for one function?
  
  Currently my tags/show.rhtml reads
  
  <%= render_component :controller => "member",  :action =>
"login_form"%>
  
  And my login_form definition in member_controller is:
  
  def login_form
      return if generate_blank
      @member = Member.new(@params[''member''])
      if @session[''member''] =
Member.authenticate(@params[''member''][''login''],
@params[''member''][''password''])
        flash[''notice''] = l(:member_login_succeeded)
        redirect_back_or_default :action => ''welcome''
      else
        @login = @params[''member''][''login'']
        flash.now[''message''] = l(:member_login_failed)
      end
      render :layout => false
    end
  
  Why isn''t the render :layout => false working here? 
  
  I thought it would be nice to have the layout applied to the entire 
controller. But I didn''t know that tunring it off will become such a 
hassle?
  
  So what are the best practices in this case? Is it good to apply a 
"global" layout and then turn it off for each function (which
isn''t  working for me) or not have a "global" layout and then
apply it for  each method?
  
  Needless to say, I am so confused with layouts here.
  
  Your continued assistance is highly appreciated. I am sure this will help a
lot of new learners here too.
  
  Frank
  
  
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softwareengineer 99 wrote:
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Byron Saltysiak

2006-Feb-05 18:23 UTC

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You can change the rendering of layouts in a more declarative way at the top
of controllers with something like:

layout "application", :except => [ :login_form ]

On 2/5/06, softwareengineer 99 <softwareengineer99@yahoo.com>
wrote:>
> After some digging around, I found the solution to the error:
>
> "::MemberController" is not a valid constant name!
>
> The error goes away if I comment out the following line in
> member_controller.rb
>
> before_filter :login_required
>
>
> My MemberController has the following layout applied to it
> class MemberController < ApplicationController
>   layout  ''default-layout''
>
> This is causing the header to show up two times (even for my new method
> login_form).
>
> How can I have a default layout applied to a Controller and then turn it
> off for one function?
>
> Currently my tags/show.rhtml reads
>
> <%= render_component :controller => "member",  :action
=> "login_form"%>
>
> And my login_form definition in member_controller is:
>
> def login_form
>     return if generate_blank
>     @member = Member.new(@params[''member''])
>     if @session[''member''] =
Member.authenticate(@params[''member''][''login''],
> @params[''member''][''password''])
>       flash[''notice''] = l(:member_login_succeeded)
>       redirect_back_or_default :action => ''welcome''
>     else
>       @login =
@params[''member''][''login'']
>       flash.now[''message''] = l(:member_login_failed)
>     end
>     render :layout => false
>   end
>
> Why isn''t the render :layout => false working here?
>
> I thought it would be nice to have the layout applied to the entire
> controller. But I didn''t know that tunring it off will become such
a hassle?
>
> So what are the best practices in this case? Is it good to apply a
> "global" layout and then turn it off for each function (which
isn''t working
> for me) or not have a "global" layout and then apply it for each
method?
>
> Needless to say, I am so confused with layouts here.
>
> Your continued assistance is highly appreciated. I am sure this will help
> a lot of new learners here too.
>
> Frank
>
>
> *Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com>* wrote:
>
> On Feb 4, 2006, at 23:53, softwareengineer 99 wrote:
>
> > Thank you Xavier for your reply:
>
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softwareengineer 99

2006-Feb-05 19:20 UTC

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Byron,
  Thank you for your reply.
  
  That did the trick.
  
  Big thanks to Xavier also for spending a great deal of his weekend on
assisting me.
  
  ROR is the future.
  
  Frank

Byron Saltysiak <byronsalty@gmail.com> wrote:  You can change the
rendering of layouts in a more declarative way at the top of controllers with
something like:
  
  layout "application", :except => [ :login_form ]

On 2/5/06, softwareengineer 99 <softwareengineer99@yahoo.com  >
wrote:After some digging around, I found the solution to the error:
  
"::MemberController" is not a valid constant name!
  The error goes away if I comment out the following line in
member_controller.rb
  
  before_filter :login_required
  
  
  My MemberController has the following layout applied to it  
  class MemberController < ApplicationController
    layout  ''default-layout''

  This is causing the header to show up two times (even for my new method
login_form).
  
  How can I have a default layout applied to a Controller and then turn it off
for one function?
  
  Currently my tags/show.rhtml reads
  
  <%= render_component :controller => "member",  :action =>
"login_form"%>
  
  And my login_form definition in member_controller is:  
  
  def login_form
      return if generate_blank
      @member = Member.new(@params[''member''])
        if @session[''member''] =
Member.authenticate(@params[''member''][''login''],
@params[''member''][''password''])
        flash[''notice''] = l(:member_login_succeeded)
        redirect_back_or_default :action => ''welcome''  
      else
        @login = @params[''member''][''login'']
        flash.now[''message''] = l(:member_login_failed)
      end
      render :layout => false
    end
  
  Why isn''t the render :layout => false working here?   
  
  I thought it would be nice to have the layout applied to the entire 
controller. But I didn''t know that tunring it off will become such a 
hassle?
  
 So what are the best practices in this case? Is it  good to apply a
"global" layout and then turn it off for each function  (which
isn''t working for me) or not have a "global" layout and then 
apply it for each method?
  
  Needless to say, I am so confused with layouts here.
  
  Your continued assistance is highly appreciated. I am sure this will help a
lot of new learners here too.
  
  Frank  
  
  
Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com> wrote:    On Feb 4, 2006, at 23:53,
softwareengineer 99 wrote:
> Thank you Xavier for your reply:
       

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2006-Feb-06 02:28 UTC

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Thanks Byron for your reply. 
  
  Frank

Byron Saltysiak <byronsalty@gmail.com> wrote:  You can change the
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2006-Feb-08 09:06 UTC

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[Rails] Using RXML instead of RHTML

I''ve got an RXML file in the view for a model and an empty reference to
the desired view in my controller. While I am producing the XML I want,
I am also generating an HTML header that contains:
 
<html>
<head>
            <title>.
            <link>.
</head>
</body>
 
<p style.
 
I was under the impression that just by naming the file .rxml and then
putting XML-generating instructions in the file, I should get pure XML
but apparently I was mistaken.
 
How do I ditch this unwanted addition/header to my result?
 
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2006-Feb-08 17:44 UTC

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Are you perhaps getting a layout in there too? Just a wild stab in the dark....

b

Mark Wales wrote:> I?ve got an RXML file in the view for a model and an empty reference to 
> the desired view in my controller. While I am producing the XML I want, 
> I am also generating an HTML header that contains:
> 
>  
> 
> <html>
> 
> <head>
> 
>             <title>?
> 
>             <link>?
> 
> </head>
> 
> </body>
> 
>  
> 
> <p style?
> 
>  
> 
> I was under the impression that just by naming the file .rxml and then 
> putting XML-generating instructions in the file, I should get pure XML 
> but apparently I was mistaken?
> 
>  
> 
> How do I ditch this unwanted addition/header to my result?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  
> 
> -Mark
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