Michael, Helpers go in rails_root/app/helpers. Look in there. If you used scaffold, You should have files for controller specific helpers and a global helper file named application_helper.rb
HTH, Dan On Jan 24, 1:02 pm, Michael Baldock <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > Thanks guys, got it going now! > > Used Hassan's suggestion of putting a method in the model, as I wasn't > sure how to make a view helper > > @Fred - just out of interest > > to make a view helper do I need to make a new file in views/shared? > do I then define methods in here as normal? > def methodname(args) > body > end > > how do I make it inherit all the functionality needed to compare dates / > search the database? > > Thanks both for your help! > > M > > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.