ok, i think i understand now after playing with it for a bit. it looks like the 'render :action => new' runs the code from the new method but with all the context of the method from which it came where as redirect_to starts with a clean context.
so, i still have 2 actions (methods) show and complete but if i find an error in complete, i now *render* show again and have all the context of what i had in complete. when i used redirect_to, it also went to show but it cleared out the context. thanks for the pointer, fred. -peter -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
