Thanks for reading this thread I just downloaded the plugin Worktime and I want to add some features. Here is the flow: If the user clicked the WorkTime menu, the worktime will be displayed and there will be a button that if you click it, it will then proceed to another page. here is my code in the controller: def showall @eskietest = "test" end In my view: <%= @eskietest%> So I expect that it will display "test" message but there is no display If I will change the code from <%= @eskietest%> to <%= :eskietest%> then the "test" message will appear. Please explain to me why. Thanks again. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/a04ee9952a61082fa5fefa525b4a7fc6%40ruby-forum.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.