Rails - Jun 2005 - components, render_component_as_string, and redirecting

Hi folks,

I''m trying to "componentise" part of my application, and
I''ve descovered that
if I call my component using "render_component_as_string", and then do
a
"redirect_to" inside the component, it doesn''t actually
redirect, it just
outputs a like saying "You are being redirected." (with the a link to
where I
want to redirect to).

This works fine if I use "render_component" instead, but I really want
to
render it as a string.

I can kind of see why it can''t do the redirect in this case. However,
I''m sure
there must be a way around it. Anyone know of one?

thanks

Craig

-- 
Craig Ambrose
Web Elements
http://www.portallus.com/people/craigambrose/

It turns out that if a re-direct occurs during render_component_as_string, 
it''s still written to @headers["location"] in the
''parent'' controller (the
controller telling the other component to render). However, nothing is done 
about it by the parent, so the best that the child can do is display the
"you
are being redirected" screen. I''ve found that if you add the
following line
to the ''parent'' controller, straight after calling
render_component_as_string
then it works as expected. 

redirect_to(@headers["location"]) if @headers["location"]

Obviously, I think it would be good if rails did this itself. :)

Craig

On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 6:01 pm, Craig Ambrose wrote:
> I''m trying to "componentise" part of my application, and
I''ve descovered
> that if I call my component using "render_component_as_string",
and then do
> a "redirect_to" inside the component, it doesn''t
actually redirect, it just
> outputs a like saying "You are being redirected." (with the a
link to where
> I want to redirect to).
-- 
Craig Ambrose
Web Elements
http://www.portallus.com/people/craigambrose/