As the OP was speaking of controllers: yes, you can. Check controller_name and action_name.
But then: >> to make this a little clearer, I want to do the following: >> (let's say these two methods are in different controllers) I see no way to have one controller calling instance methods on another controller. You could achieve this with components, but as the Rails docs state: you shouldn't. /eno ==================================================================== A wee piece of ruby every monday: http://1rad.wordpress.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

