Rails - Mar 2009 - Insert some value into a result of a find in a db.

Hi,
I''m trying to insert a string component into what was found by a find
search.
E.g.
do a
@version = Version.find("270")
@path = "somestring"
And I would like to stick the @path string into @version
then later do a
render :xml => @version
in order to produce
<versions>
    <version>
        <id>"270"</id>
        .
        .
        .
        <path>"somestring"</path>
    </version>
    <version/>
</versions>

Is this possible? The value of @path is not necessarily a result from
a search in the db so I can''t combine two searches via something like
a find_by_sql or include.

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Should be no problem. You can add an attribute to @version and it will
be emitted when you render.

Try it in the console.

@version = Version.find(...)
@version[''path''] = ''somestring''
@version.to_xml

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Hey that''s great!
Simple and sweet.
Can I set the type?
As it stands it''s coming out as type=\"NilClass\"
On the flip side, can I also remove the type info?
thanks

On Mar 5, 6:08 pm, Martin Streicher
<martin.streic...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Should be no problem. You can add an attribute to @version and it will
> be emitted when you render.
>
> Try it in the console.
>
> @version = Version.find(...)
> @version[''path''] = ''somestring''
> @version.to_xml
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