ok good. yes, I will call it from within that same controller.. Now I've got to figure out how to run an update query.
On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 11:15:20 AM UTC-5, tamouse wrote: > > > > On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 10:07 AM Joe Guerra <jgu...@jginfosys.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> In my show method for my products controller I've got a variable that >> track qty ( @remaining ). >> >> Can I access this variable from another method within the same controller? >> > > > Joe, > > You *can* as it is an *instance variable*, but it will only be available > for that instance of the controller (i.e., a single request). If you're > calling other methods during that show request, the instance variable will > be available. If you want to access it from another method that responds to > a different request, it won't be set. You can also use this instance > variable in any views resulting from the show method. > > I hope this was clear enough... > > Tamara > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/ddf7460f-e3d1-4bff-b9c2-489f0cf17c88%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
