ok, i used pry.binding to look at the @remining variable and it's nil. that why it's not working. so the question is why is this the case when it has a value in the show section?
On Friday, March 3, 2017 at 12:34:01 PM UTC-5, Joe Guerra wrote: > > ok, I added this piece of code... > > > if @remaining == 1 > # put some conditions around this @remaining == 0? > Product.update(params[:product_id], :funded => true) > Cart.where(:product_id => params[:product_id]).update_all(:processing => > true) > # > end > > > in my add to cart method, where @remaining was defined in my show section. > It's not running in this cart method when the condition is met. > > I can try outputting the value, and see what I get. > > > On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 11:15:20 AM UTC-5, tamouse wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 10:07 AM Joe Guerra <jgu...@jginfosys.com> wrote: >> >>> In my show method for my products controller I've got a variable that >>> track qty ( @remaining ). >>> >>> Can I access this variable from another method within the same >>> controller? >>> >> >> >> Joe, >> >> You *can* as it is an *instance variable*, but it will only be available >> for that instance of the controller (i.e., a single request). If you're >> calling other methods during that show request, the instance variable will >> be available. If you want to access it from another method that responds to >> a different request, it won't be set. You can also use this instance >> variable in any views resulting from the show method. >> >> I hope this was clear enough... >> >> Tamara >> >> -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/97a8a3e4-c6f6-43e4-a845-8e6eb7500eff%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.