David, that's exactly what I did to solve the problem! I renamed the instance variable and started seeing my string inserted into the email. Using @body was definitely an issue for some reason.
Thanks, Stephen On May 27, 6:00 pm, David Kahn <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Stephen Huey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Action Mailer is detecting my HTML view but not evaluating any > > instance variables I'm referencing in it. Here is my mailer: > > > class Emailer < ActionMailer::Base > > > def send_default(recipient, subject, message, sent_at) > > @body = message > > mail(:to => recipient, :subject => subject) > > end > > > end > > > I have a view called > > > <!DOCTYPE html> > > <html> > > <head> > > <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content- > > Type" /> > > </head> > > <body> > > This is an HTML email: <br /> > > <%= @body %> > > <br /> > > End of the body. > > </body> > > </html> > > Hmmm... I just checked as I am doing just about the same thing. Your code > looks ok, the only difference with mine is I am naming the class variable > @body_text. I am wondering if @body for you might be getting renamed > somewhere? Its a long shot but try renaming the variable. Also, you can put > a break point inside the mailer view I think --- <%= debugger; @body %>.... > then you can really see what is getting in there. > > > > > > > > > > > When I receive the email in Gmail, here is all I see: > > > This is an HTML email: > > > End of the body. > > > Nothing is outputted between those 2 sentences! Any ideas as to > > what's happening? I verified that in the mailer method, @body has a > > value. I'm using Rails 3.0.7 and Ruby 1.9.2 and following this guide: > > >http://guides.rubyonrails.org/action_mailer_basics.html > > > -- > > 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 [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
