On Jan 26, 2012, at 9:51 AM, Michael Pavling wrote: > On 26 January 2012 14:47, Walter Lee Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >> I had it in the controller, but I didn't like the look of having to declare >> an instance variable inside each method that needed this (new and create and >> edit and update). The helper was there for the asking in each view, so it >> seemed DRYer. Is there a way to have my cake and eat it too? > > helper_method :my_controller_method > > ?
> If it is the same code in each action then set the variable in a > before_filter in the controller. Then it will be setup for each > action that you specify. Bone dry. > > Colin Thanks to both of you. Walter > > -- > 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. > -- 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.

