Question

I always get the following error:

AbstractController::DoubleRenderError (Render and/or redirect were
called multiple times in this action. Please note that you may only
call render OR redirect, and at most once per action. Also note that
neither redirect nor render terminate execution of the action, so if
you want to exit an action after redirecting, you need to do something
like “redirect_to(…) and return”.):

The error happens, when it id is nil the first, but not the second time…

def calc_next
  id = next()
  if id.nil?
    id = next_next()
    if id.nil?
      render :layout => false, :format => :js
    else
      redirect_to :action => "view", :id => id, :format => :js
    end
  else
    redirect_to :action => "view", :id => id, :format => :js
  end
end

I don’t see the problem in this redirection, as the outer one is fine. Even with the debugger there are not two redirections at the same time…

Any help is appreciated…
Markus

Answer 1

This looks like some kind of helper function rather than a Controller action. In which case you’re probably calling calc_next twice in one action, or render / redirect_to from somewhere else in the same action. Remember that render and redirect_to don’t immediately cause the Controller to return.

Check whether your control path can both call calc_next and call render or redirect_to from somewhere else (or from a second call into calc_next).

If you post the controller action you’re going through, we may be able to help better.