I think it is @oLogin that you need to test for nil before accessing @oLogin.login. This is to check whether the find returned anything.
2009/3/10 Chris Gunnels <[email protected]> > > I have the following action that is supposed to test whether a username > exists or not. It seems that the first condition never fails. I have put > nothing in the params[:l] hash and the first condition executes. Any > ideas? > > def index > @oLogin = User.find_by_login(params[:l]) > if @oLogin.login != nil > @sLoggedInName = @oLogin.login + ", you've logged in successfully" > else > render :controller => 'session' > end > end > -- > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
