Rails - Jan 2006 - Difference in find_by

Hi all,

Been digging to a lot of ruby docs to understand more of what Rails is exactly 
doing. Can somebody tel me what the difference in use is between the 
"@params" and "params". (I know the first is a instance
variable and the
second is a ''normal'' variable. What does this mean in pratical
terms?

@contact =
Contact.find(@params[''contact''][''id''])

@user = User.find_by_firstname(params[:user][:firstname])


Regards,

Gerard.

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Gerard wrote:
> Been digging to a lot of ruby docs to understand more of what Rails is 
> exactly
> doing. Can somebody tel me what the difference in use is between the
> "@params" and "params". (I know the first is a instance
variable and the
> second is a ''normal'' variable. What does this mean in
pratical terms?
"@params" is an instance variable defined in ActionController::Base
"params" is an accessor method that returns the object in that
variable.
you can also spell it "params()"

There are similar accessors for @session, @request, @response, etc.

j

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