Question

I’ve just updated to Rails 2.3.11. In an earlier version I could write the following

render :file=>'console/users/show.html.erb', :locals => {:@user => @users.first}

which no longer works, instead I need to write

render :file=>'console/users/show.html.erb', :locals => {:user => @users.first}

which means to access the user in the file I would use ‘user’ but in the file I would like to use the instance variable @user as this same show file is called from the controller and passes @user

Any tips?

Thanks

Answer 1

Set @user before calling render:

@user = @users.first
render :file=>'console/users/show.html.erb'

The :locals option should only be used if you are passing local variables through.