[Rails] Re: How do I access a variable defined in application.rb from within application.rhtml?

Thanks, this sounds like what I need. On Feb 22, 7:24 pm, Jeff Lewis wrote: > To initialize some db-read var (tidbit in your example) that would > survive and be callable for each subsequent app request, you'll want > to do so via lazy-initialization using a before_filter (mentioned by > bill) i

[Rails] Re: How do I access a variable defined in application.rb from within application.rhtml?

hi, Ruby pocket reference looks useful, think I'll order a copy. Regarding the class method, just wondering when/how this method should get called. Tonypm --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rail

[Rails] Re: How do I access a variable defined in application.rb from within application.rhtml?

For actual read-only data that is an instance of a model class, I'd set up a class method instead. So for a default location, in Location.rb, def self.default_location @@default_location ||= Location.find_by_name("San Francisco") end This fixes your migration problem, doesn't reload it with ev

[Rails] Re: How do I access a variable defined in application.rb from within application.rhtml?

To initialize some db-read var (tidbit in your example) that would survive and be callable for each subsequent app request, you'll want to do so via lazy-initialization using a before_filter (mentioned by bill) in application.rb. How you store such lazy-init vars between requests depends on the s

[Rails] Re: How do I access a variable defined in application.rb from within application.rhtml?

Hi Eric, On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 12:45 -0800, ericindc wrote: > Title pretty much explains it. I'd like to set a variable the stores > a single Model object inside of application.rb since it will be used > on every single page. I've tried both class and instance variables, > but to no avail. The

[Rails] Re: How do I access a variable defined in application.rb from within application.rhtml?

I don't generally follow the "whatever works..." approach because there is usually a best practice. That said, I want to avoid the global variable because having $tidbit = Tidbit.random declared in my application.rb broke my migrations. Running migrations from version 0 when the Tidbits database

[Rails] Re: How do I access a variable defined in application.rb from within application.rhtml?

So why not use that, then? Whatever works... Also, you might brush up on MVC and beginner's Ruby as far as "setting variables in models" go: http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/UnderstandingRailsMVC On Feb 21, 12:45 pm, ericindc wrote: > Title pretty much explains it.  I'd like to set a var