On 27 February 2010 17:09, robo <[email protected]> wrote: > I should note that @user is a variable set by my ApplicationController > using a before_filter. really sure what's going on here, so any help > is appreciated. I'm guessing the @user set by my app controller > probably isn't accessible by the Post class.
Yup - you've identified your problem perfectly... here's a suggested solution: @user is a instance variable; that is, only available to the instance of a class (in this instance, the controller). So you can't access it from an instance of a different class. So you need to create a method on your controller that will return the @user object. The convention for this method seems to be to call it "current_user". def current_user @user end Simple, huh? ;-) Now you can get rid of that before_filter call, and do the operation when/if somewhere calls "current_user" - so it'll look more like this: def current_user @user ||= the_method_for_the_logic_that_works_out_the_logged_in_user end An other solution would be to use a wrapped-up plugin to do authentication (there are lots to choose from), which would take all you user/password management woes and deal with them for you (and most likely give you a "current_user" method!) HTH Michael -- 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.
