I got it to work, but still got the newline/
had to add this in application controller
public :render_to_string
<td>
tincidunt eu
<span class="footnote_symbols">
3
5
</span>
</td>
On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Noel<[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, I still get an error
>
> protected method `render_to_string' called for
> #<RestaurantsController:0x23e207c>
>
> Here's all the code
>
> http://pastie.org/private/rmow8bgpzv9btou0yqjg
>
> The reason I don't do this concatenation in the controller is that
> this is several partials deep.
> controller gets restaurants and eager loads other models. restaurants
> -> menus ... footnotes
>
> item :has_many footnotes
>
> The simplest solution is probably to just iterate thought
> item.footnotes in the _item partial. Just seemed to me that using a
> partial was the best practice.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 6:19 PM, s.ross<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Noel--
>>
>> Can you be more specific than "didn't work"? Really, it looks like
>> what you've described is just taking two (or possibly) scalars from
>> the database and concatenating them as strings. If that's the case,
>> why not just do it in the controller instead of having a separate
>> partial?
>>
>> WRT why Haml adds the newline: I dunno, it always has added one when
>> you have a newline in your code. Rendering a partial that contains a
>> single line in a loop would suggest that the newline is appropriate.
>> I'm not sure that erb is doing the right thing.
>>
>> On Jul 11, 2009, at 5:50 PM, Noel wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> tried this in the helper and didn't work.
>>>
>>> Even if it did I don't think this work around is the way to go.
>>>
>>> Why does HAML adds the newline?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 4:09 PM, s.ross<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> My bad. It's in ActionController::Base.
>>>>
>>>> Try
>>>>
>>>> controller.render_to_string(:partial => 'the_partial', :object =>
>>>> number)
>>>>
>>>> I know somewhere I had to do this... can't dig up the code right now.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 11, 2009, at 3:58 PM, Noel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> y, put it in application_helper.rb
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Michael Hollins<[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did you define the helper in application_helper.rb?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> render_to_string should be available there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/07/2009, at 8:26 AM, Noel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't know how to implement this
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> render_to_string is undefined.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> also I am guessing I have to pass in the item so that i can get
>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>> it's footnotes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 3:14 PM, s.ross<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>> I suspect this is a side effect of Haml putting elements on
>>>>>>>> different lines.
>>>>>>>> So because the partial is called twice, Haml inserts a newline.
>>>>>>>> Everything
>>>>>>>> in the generated HTML points to this. Possibly a way to get the
>>>>>>>> desired
>>>>>>>> effect is to use a helper:
>>>>>>>> def whats_the_number?
>>>>>>>> the_number = ""
>>>>>>>> numbers.each do |number|
>>>>>>>> the_number += render_to_string(:partial => 'the_partial')
>>>>>>>> end
>>>>>>>> the_number
>>>>>>>> end
>>>>>>>> Then in the view:
>>>>>>>> = whats_the_number?
>>>>>>>> Am I getting close (extra cute method names, etc., aside)?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Jul 11, 2009, at 1:56 PM, Nathan Weizenbaum wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How are you calling the partial?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Noel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It prints twice bec the partial is called twice. Once for each
>>>>>>>>> symbol.
>>>>>>>>> There is no concat that I know of.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>>> On Jul 11, 2009, at 12:56 PM, Nathan Weizenbaum <[email protected]
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That's even more bizarre. The only thing I can guess is that
>>>>>>>>> both
>>>>>>>>> Haml and
>>>>>>>>> ERB are printing the thing twice. Is it possible that
>>>>>>>>> something in
>>>>>>>>> there is
>>>>>>>>> calling concat at some point?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Noel <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> in erb i get
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> <td>
>>>>>>>>>> tincidunt eu
>>>>>>>>>> <span class="footnote_symbols">
>>>>>>>>>> StringString
>>>>>>>>>> </span>
>>>>>>>>>> </td>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> in HAML I get
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> <td>
>>>>>>>>>> tincidunt eu
>>>>>>>>>> <span class="footnote_symbols">
>>>>>>>>>> String
>>>>>>>>>> String
>>>>>>>>>> </span>
>>>>>>>>>> </td>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Same extra line.
>>>>>>>>>> String
>>>>>>>>>> String
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> vs
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> StringString
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Nathan Weizenbaum<[email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> If that's what you get, it's not just a string. I don't know
>>>>>>>>>>> what it is
>>>>>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>>>>>> it produces that sort of inspect output. What happens if you
>>>>>>>>>>> call
>>>>>>>>>>> .class?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Noel <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> - Yes, removing the h yields the same result
>>>>>>>>>>>> - Not sure about the haml executable, have to look up how
>>>>>>>>>>>> to do
>>>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>> - inspect produced this in erb
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> <td>
>>>>>>>>>>>> tincidunt eu
>>>>>>>>>>>> <span class="footnote_symbols">
>>>>>>>>>>>> "3""5"
>>>>>>>>>>>> </span>
>>>>>>>>>>>> </td>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> and this in HAML
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> <td>
>>>>>>>>>>>> tincidunt eu
>>>>>>>>>>>> <span class="footnote_symbols">
>>>>>>>>>>>> "3"
>>>>>>>>>>>> "5"
>>>>>>>>>>>> </span>
>>>>>>>>>>>> </td>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Nathan Weizenbaum<[email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I honestly have no idea what's going on here. Does it still
>>>>>>>>>>>>> happen
>>>>>>>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>>>>>> remove the #h call? Does it happen from the haml executable?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> What do
>>>>>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>>>>>>> if you do = h footnote_symbol.symbol.inspect?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 2:16 AM, Noel <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> oh sorry, symbol is a string
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Erb renders this (as copied from safari web inspector)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <td>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tincidunt eu
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <span class="footnote_symbols">
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 35
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> </span>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> </td>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HAML renders this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <td>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tincidunt eu
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <span class="footnote_symbols">
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 5
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> </span>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> </td>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Let me know if you need further clarification.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -Noel
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Nathan
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Weizenbaum<[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm sorry, I'm still not getting it. Is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> footnote_symbol.symbol a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> string?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> An
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> array? What's the actual HTML output of Haml vs. ERB?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Noel <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here is an example:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HAML view has this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> =h footnote_symbol.symbol
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which produces this:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://skitch.com/noelgomez/ba821
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am talking about the space between the 4 and the 3
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In the DB the symbols are single characters.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here is the same using erb which just prints 43
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <%=h footnote_symbol.symbol %>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://skitch.com/noelgomez/ba826
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not sure if I am doing something wrong, but odd that erb
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> does
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> expect.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Nathan
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Weizenbaum<[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm not entirely sure what you mean. What's the exact
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ruby
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> value
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> footnote_symbol.symbol?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Noel <[email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have a very simple partial
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> = h footnote_symbol.symbol
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I verified the length of symbol to be 1. My dev data
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (*,1,2,3,4...)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> when this renders as an example I get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2 5
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> but I was expecting
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 25
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> if I change the partial to erb instead of haml I do get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 25.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am using haml (2.2.0)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Any ideas where the extra space is coming from?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -Noel
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>
>>
>> >>
>>
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