Question

I want to have a page which is a full blown page i.e. I can call it with URL like this for example :

/path/to/client/33

but then I want to be able to call/render it from another page i.e. (pseudo code)

/path/to/customer/678
...find client id.....
render :client, :id => 33 #inside the customer page
render :customer

I understand that I can do it like partial, what I can’t figure out is how to pass parameters between them.
I was thinking of layout also, but then how do I arrange for the customer controller to be first to run? So that I can find the client ID and then render client.
Think of a customer as one entity “having” many clients.

Answer 1

# app/views/your_controller/_client.html.erb
The Client is <%= client.name %>

# app/views/your_controller/customer.html.erb
The Customer is <%= @customer.name %>
<%= render :partial => 'client', :locals => { :client => @client } %>

# app/views/your_controller/client.html.erb
<%= render :partial => 'client', :locals => { :client => @client } %>

# your_controller.rb
def customer
  @customer = Customer.find(params[:id])
  @client = @customer.client
end

def client
  @client = Client.find(params[:id])
  # i forget if you need to assign it client to make the partial work
  client = @client
end