Rails - Apr 2007 - Controller class variables not available to method partials?

Hi all,

I hope I got the title right. Here is my noob problem. I have one
controller ''user'' and a layout for it (also
''user''). This layout
displays 3 columns side by side:

- a search box on the left that shows results via view in /user/search
(through method ''search'' in controller)
- a display column (through :yield in the controller)
- a shopping list of items with any changes (through a partial in the
controller)

My problem is in the shopping list. The partial is rendered using:

     <%= render(:partial => "list", :object => @list) %>

Where @list is a controller class variable. However when I invoke the
search action I get this error:

     NoMethodError in User#search
     Showing app/views/user/_list.rhtml where line #3 raised:

     You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it!
     The error occurred while evaluating nil.items

So I guess the @list array is unavailable in the search view? Does
search not inherit from the controller? How can I make it see @list.

Thanks in advance, sorry if this is really easy,

W


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