Hi, I want to use the method sanitize() to clean up some user input before I save it to the db. sanitize() is a helper method, so it is only usable in templates, right? So how can I use helper methods in the controller, or why should I not? I could build a template like "<%=sanitize(input)-%>" and use render_to_string, but that seems pretty hackish. Or I could sanitize every time I output the data in a template, but that seems like a waste of processing power. -- Martin Scheffler schefflermartin-hi6Y0CQ0nG0@public.gmane.org Tel: 0 36 43 - 41 41 56 http://www.uni-weimar.de/~scheffl2 icq: 137729435