Sorry, disregard everything I said. I'm having a blond moment. My
initialiser scripts were actually .yml files rather than .rb files. So
the line
AVATARS_CONFIG = YAML.load_file("#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/avatars.yml")
didn't actually do anything. Didn't error either but it's all my fault.
Sorry to waste your time
On 10 Feb 2009, at 12:15, Maurício Linhares wrote:
>
> Where have you defined those constants?
>
> Constants should be accessed with NameOfTheClass::NAME_OF_THE_CONSTANT
>
> -
> Maurício Linhares
> http://alinhavado.wordpress.com/ (pt-br) | http://
> blog.codevader.com/ (en)
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Peter Hickman
> <pete...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I might be being a bit thick today but I have a problem that I can't
>> seem to shake.
>>
>> I have some configuration data in a yaml file that I load with an
>> initializer.
>>
>> AVATARS_CONFIG = YAML.load_file("#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/avatars.yml")
>>
>> The information includes where to save upload files and other stuff
>> so
>> it is needed in several places. One of the controllers can reference
>> AVATARS_CONFIG, but the model, avatars.rb cannot. So I have to have
>> the same line in any controller or model that needs it. Which looks
>> to
>> be very messy not to mention inconsistent - some places need it,
>> other
>> don't.
>>
>> I've tried to make them global, ie $AVATARS_CONFIG, but it doesn't
>> seem to work.
>>
>> Anyone have any idea how I might get this and other constants I
>> require to be available globally?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>>
>>
>
> >
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