On Jun 19, 10:28 pm, Constantin Gavrilescu <comisarulmoldo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 14 juin, 05:18, Frederick Cheung <frederick.che...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > How can I pass the reference to the right helper method? > > > helper_methods are not methods of the controller - they are methods of > > the associated helper module (usually CustomerEmployeesHelper in this > > case). Does that help ? > > I realize that. > I want to call a helper method column_list available when running > CustomersEmployeesController. CustomersEmployeesController inherits > from CompaniesController, which includes the helper method needed. I > cannot hardcode the file name of the module where this method is, > because I might redefine it later in CustomersEmployeesHelper and that > would drive crazy the maintenance programmer when will find that > normal mechanisms of inheritance don't work. > > I thought that instantiating CustomersEmployeesController will include > automatically his Helper module, but it appears it doesn't.
Why not put the relevant helper methods in a module that both controllers use ? Fred --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
