Re: calling a partial from within a model / model''s method?

Joel Oliveira
Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:21:06 -0000

Weeks later I finally got around to figuring out how to best tackle this and
your suggestion was right on the money.  I didn''t want to let this lie
without mentioning that the best bet started with that nugget from the
pastie link.  Thanks Nick :)

- Joel

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Nick Hoffman
<nick-qGbiljoI0DQkmLvzuZlaBw@public.gmane.org> wrote:

>
> On 2008-11-24, at 08:37, Joel Oliveira wrote:
> > Hey Nick!
> >
> > First - thanks for the reply.
> >
> > Second - the reason why I''m trying to do this is to allow
whatever
> > type of widget model I''m creating to render its own
particular
> > partial, in the context of the "area" a user will place it -
header,
> > footer, sidebar, etc.   I thought that calling a helper to weed out
> > the objects for a particular "area" and then letting the
model call
> > its partial on its own, would be the easier way to do it, despite
> > the normal MVC rules.  I know it''s against the rules - so
I''m
> > wondering if there''s an easier way?
> >
> > Any input would be appreciated! :)
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > - Joel
>
> Hi Joel. Why not create a helper method that determines which partial
> should be rendered? For example:
>   http://pastie.org/pastes/322615
>
> -Nick
>
> >