Rails - Feb 2006 - Very weird issue - Function not being recognized in template?

I created a function before going to dinner and placed it in application.rb.
Something like:
  
  def at_home
     ...
  end
  
  Then I called it from my .rhtml file like:
  
  <% if at_home %>
  .....
  <% end %>
  
  The function was working perfectly (I tested it before leaving). When I got
back I keep getting
  
  
undefined local variable or method `at_home'' for
#<#<Class:0xb6e92960>:0xb6e92898

The weird thing is that I am calling the same function in my controller and it
does not raise this error there?

The only other thing happened is that I rebooted the server.

So my question is does any one have an idea why something like this would
happen? Why is my function in application.rb being recognized by the controller
but not being recognized by my template

  Thoughts and ideas are greatly appreciated.
  
  Thanks
  Frank
  
  
		
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I solved it. Apparently it seems like if I use a function in controller  and a
template  I need to put  the function in both  application_helper and
application.rb.
  
  Is there any way to avoid the duplication? Can a function be stored in  a file
and be accessible to both templates and the controllers?
  
  Thanks
  Frank
softwareengineer 99 <softwareengineer99@yahoo.com> wrote:  I created a
function before going to dinner and placed it in application.rb. Something like:
  
  def at_home
     ...
  end
  
  Then I called it from my .rhtml file like:
  
  <% if at_home %>
  .....
  <% end %>
  
  The function was working perfectly (I tested it before leaving). When I got
back I keep getting
  
  
undefined local variable or method `at_home'' for
#<#<Class:0xb6e92960>:0xb6e92898

The weird thing is that I am calling the same function in my controller and it
does not raise this error there?

The only other thing happened is that I rebooted the server.

So my question is does any one have an idea why something like this would
happen? Why is my function in application.rb being recognized by the controller
but not being recognized by my template

  Thoughts and ideas are greatly appreciated.
  
  Thanks
  Frank
  
      

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On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 16:58 -0800, softwareengineer 99
wrote:
> I created a function before going to dinner and placed it in
> application.rb. Something like:
> 
> def at_home
>    ...
> end
> 
> Then I called it from my .rhtml file like:
> 
> <% if at_home %>
> .....
> <% end %>
> 
> The function was working perfectly (I tested it before leaving). When
> I got back I keep getting
> 
> undefined local variable or method `at_home'' for
#<#<Class:0xb6e92960>:0xb6e92898
> 
> The weird thing is that I am calling the same function in my controller and
it does not raise this error there?
> 
> The only other thing happened is that I rebooted the server.
> 
> So my question is does any one have an idea why something like this would
happen? Why is my function in application.rb being recognized by the controller
but not being recognized by my template
> Thoughts and ideas are greatly appreciated.
> 
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you are gonna have to learn to clear you cache on your web browser
frequently when developing stuff. When you change stuff and the web
browser is still running from cache...you won''t notice that something
broke until later.

Shift <click - refresh> works on most browsers.

Craig