Rails - Jun 2006 - NoMethodError when setting session variable

I know this is dumb, but I can not set a session variable. I get the 
followig error:

Processing Base#edit (for 67.174.108.88 at 2006-06-28 17:17:34) [GET]
  Session ID: 3c4b2bad18c8bc289b719dc056913be7
  Parameters: {"action"=>"edit",
"id"=>"11", "controller"=>"image",
"filename"=>"/event/image/11/effect.jpg",
"fieldname"=>"image"}


NoMethodError (undefined method `[]='' for nil:NilClass):
    /app/controllers/image_controller.rb:13:in `initialize''
    /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing.rb:483:in 
`recognize!''
    /vendor/rails/railties/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in `dispatch''
    /vendor/rails/railties/lib/fcgi_handler.rb:150:in `process_request''
    /vendor/rails/railties/lib/fcgi_handler.rb:54:in `process!''
    /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fcgi-0.8.6.1/./fcgi.rb:600:in
`each_cgi''
    /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fcgi-0.8.6.1/./fcgi.rb:597:in
`each_cgi''
    /vendor/rails/railties/lib/fcgi_handler.rb:53:in `process!''
    /vendor/rails/railties/lib/fcgi_handler.rb:23:in `process!''
    dispatch.fcgi:25


Here is my Controller Code:

  class ImageController < ActionController::Base
      def initialize
            session[''curimg'']  = Time.now
      end

    def showtime
           render_text session[''curimg'']
    end

Can anyone see what I am doing wrong??

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Hi Ted,

Ted Battreall
>I know this is dumb, but I can not set a session variable. I get the
> followig error:
I could be mistaken, but it looks to me like the error is telling you you 
have a problem in the controller named Base, action method named edit.  You 
didn''t include that code.
> Processing Base#edit (for 67.174.108.88 at 2006-06-28 17:17:34) [GET]
hth,
Bill

Wrong Trace:
Here is the right trace and error message.

You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it!
You might have expected an instance of Array.
The error occured while evaluating nil.[]RAILS_ROOT: ./script/../config/..

Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace
#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/controllers/image_controller.rb:13:in `initialize''
-e:4
#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing.rb:483:in 
`recognize!''
#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/rails/railties/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in `dispatch''
#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/rails/railties/lib/webrick_server.rb:115:in 
`handle_dispatch''
#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/rails/railties/lib/webrick_server.rb:81:in 
`service''

Here is my Controller Code:

  class ImageController < ActionController::Base
      def initialize
            session[''curimg'']  = Time.now
      end

    def showtime
           render_text session[''curimg'']
    end

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