Question

I want to pass 2 strings to the view after redirecting.
the controller:

def create
    @rating = Rating.new(params[:rating])

    respond_to do |format|
      if @rating.save
        format.html { redirect_to @rating, :notice => 'Got It!' ,
                      :notice_small => 'Your photo has been uploaded. good luck with it\'s coolness rating!' }
        format.json { render :json => @rating, :status => :created, :location => @rating }
      else
        format.html { render :action => "new" }
        format.json { render :json => @rating.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end

the view:

<p id="notice" class="big_notice"><%= notice %></p>

<% if defined? notice_small  %>
    <p id="small_notice" class="small_notice"><%= notice_small %></p>
<% end %>

the notice string goes throw but the notice_small does not, why?

Answer 1

Only :notice and :alert are allowed to be set using redirect_to.

If you want something beyond this, use :flash => { :notice_small => '....' } option for redirect_to or set flash[:notice_small] before redirect_to explicitly.