similar to: render_to_string without render twice error

I want to clean my code by moving the duplicated lines : partial = render_to_string( :partial => "#{file}", :formats => [:html] ) to the pagination_partials function. ================================================= WORKING CODE: ================================================= def render_format_search_partial(file, options={}) # TODO remove this line to use the one

I''m using render_to_string in an after_filter, which renders a partial that is sent to a web service. Here''s the code: class MyController < ApplicationController after_filter :post_to_webservice def show # show logic end def post_to_webservice stuff = render_to_string :partial => ''stuff'' webservice_post(stuff) end I get a DoubleRenderError in the

Just for collective knowledge as I have found no info on this problem online: I solved this by adding an .html.erb file for the "missing template", since by design or bug Rails3 will not find or render another controllers view (in my experience). Then in the new html.erb file, I just put <%= render "comparisons/display" %> because the views *are* able to find templates

Hi all, I know that in general, view and controller tests should be isolated, such that controller specs don''t test views etc. However, I think I''ve run into a situation that might be an exception. My controller uses render_to_string to produce a chunk of HTML that it passes to a model to be processed. The controller then redirects the user to a different page. The

I''ve the following situation (which actually works in Rails 2.3.8 and this is a result of the migration of our app to rails3): I have a partial which is rendered a few times (imagine tr''s in a table). On the clientside there''s a script that does a json request for a specific row (jQuery + ajax dataType: ''json'' and type: ''POST'') In

I''m playing around with a list of todos, which I want to render as <ul>''s that can nest to an arbitrary level, so I wrote this as a helper method: def print_todo(t) str = "<ul>\n\t<li>" str += render_to_string(:partial => ''todo'', :object => t) + "\n" t.children.each { |c| str +=

Hi, I''m trying to execute some javascript in the browser after completing my create action in the controller. Here''s how I''m doing it: In my controller: def create # exectue some code js = render_to_string(:layout => false, :template => "planned_meals/meal.js.coffee.erb") render :js => js end Two questions: 1) Am I going about it the

Hello, my question is rails related though it is also somewhat specific to the prawnto plugin (installed latest version as of 2010-03-15). I would ask on a prawnto forum/list if I knew where one was. Anyhow, I''m using rails 2.3.5 (with ruby 1.8.6 patchlevel 111) in an app that is successfully using the prawnto gem (with the prawn gem version 0.7.1). I''ve got a a

Hi, I''m trying to build a simple mechanism for pre-caching a bunch of files by iterating over a hash of options from within a controller: #site.controller: for options in [ { :controller => "site", :action => "welcome" }, { :controller => "site", :action => "about" }, { :controller => "site", :action

I have a project where I''m publishing files. Once when the user clicks publish via a URL and one when an email is received that tells the app they want to publish again. Because the publishing requires templates I have them in there own views. The problem is when I want to publish via email I don''t want to ask the controller to render the views. This is what I tried to

I''ve been fighting with a Double Render Error. I have some sidebar partials that I render to strings in my application controller''s before_filter: @left_sidebar_for_layout = render_to_string(:partial => ''shared/left_sidebar'') Then in my application layout, I simply add them as a string, like I would @content_for_layout This normally works fine. However,

Hi, I have a long running task which generates JavaScript to files and I am hoping to move this to a backgroundrb worker. The javascript is currently generated with call to render_to_string: File.open(File.join(target_folder, ''all.js''), "w") do |file| file.puts(render_to_string :partial => ''partials/shared/javascript/tags'', :locals => {

Hey, is there a way to render a view to string in a model or is there a way to call a controller method (because there its possible to call render_to_string) in a model or externaly via script/runner ? Thx very much yo

Hi all, I''m trying to use render_to_string in a controller in order to make an output file for download, and then redirect to a "Thank you for downloading" page. Of cource, this is not possible since one cannot have a "render" and "redirect" in the same action. Anyone know how I can do this? -cal

Hello! I''m trying to create my own Form handler as a replacement of the default scaffolding. Creating HTML forms has never been my favorite job. What I have done: - Created a new module FormHandler - Added a class Form in the module - Defined an initialize and to_s method. The initialize method receives some basic information about the form, the to_s method returns a string which

Greetings, I''ve got a rails app which is basically an admin interface to a xml dataset. Currently I''ve got rails rigged to call a function to spit the entire dataset to file with every change. This would actually be ok, its fairly infrequently updated, but when the dataset grows large the user sits there waiting for it to dump with no feedback as to whats going on. Oh yes,

The following code snippet allows you to update multiple DOM elements in a single Ajax call in Rails (1.1): # pass in a hash of domid=>template name def update_many(options) render :update do |page| options.each do |k,v| page.replace_html k, render(:partial=>v) page.visual_effect :highlight, k end end end So, if you wanted to update the

Hi I`m trying to test my controller with rspec and always get an error. The error is in the render_to_string method call (without it test works fine). So could u please help me with that? users_controller.rb: def update @user.update_attributes!(params[:user]) redirect_to @user, :status => 202, :text => render_to_string(:partial => "users/show", :type =>

I want to pass the partial to a Javascript function ( which uses the data for for creating an iframe) render_to_string is not accessible form a view thanks in advance -- Roberto Saccon - http://rsaccon.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060313/8165bcec/attachment.html

Hi; I have the following setup: A model: that validates using helpers like: validates_presence_of, etc.. A view: called ''new'' which renders a partial The partial: _form which has error_messages_for and a form_remote_tag , submit_tag and end_form_tag An action ''create'': that gets executed via the submit_tag in the _form and which in case it can''t