Finally, when using mongrel, you can always print to the console: print @variable.inspect
Cheers, Sazima On May 19, 4:08 am, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > Another alternative, where appropriate, is to use the ruby debugger and > break at the appropriate point to display the object using the debugger > command line. > Colin > > 2009/5/19 Benjamin Curtis <[email protected]> > > > In a view you can do this: > > <%= debug @some_var %> > > > In a controller or model you can do this: > > > logger.info @some_var.inspect > > > -- > > Benjamin Curtis > >http://railskits.com/- Ready-made Rails code > >http://catchthebest.com/- Team-powered recruiting > >http://www.bencurtis.com/- Personal blog > > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Phlip <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Alex Pilon wrote: > > >> > def myaction > >> > render :text myvar.inspect > >> > end > > >> > im also from a php background and am used to being able to do anything i > >> > want anywhere in the app.. in rails its a bit weird to have to .. hack > >> > out variable dumping.. but anyway i hope that helps.. > > >> def myaction > >> raise myvar.inspect > >> end > > >> that trick is in the book. However, you should have many unit tests > >> ("functional" tests) for each of your actions, so you should be able to > >> just do > >> this: > > >> def myaction > >> pp myvar > >> end > > >> then run all the tests. > > >> -- > >> Phlip > >> http://flea.sourceforge.net/resume.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
