Question

I have a partial, _approve.html.erb in my views/users directory that I would like to use in my views/friendships/index.html.erb

The partial works fine within my views/users/show.html.erb with an instance variable. However it seems to break when i call it from views/friendships/index.html.erb

_approve.html.erb

<%= link_to "Approve", friend_approval_path(@user), :class => "btn primary", :remote => false %>

views/users/show.html.erb renders fine here:

<%= render 'approve' %>

views/friendships/index.html.erb throws errors here:

<%= render :partial => 'users/approve', :locals => {:user => invite} %

This is the error:

No route matches {:controller=>"friendships", :action=>"approve"}

Answer 1

@user is an instance variable–not a local.

Either create a @user instance variable from your friendships controller, or pass in a local user from the user controller, or put logic in your partial to choose between the two.