On 9 April 2010 15:13, Anthony Crumley <[email protected]> wrote: > ES, > You really can't do that as you have described because each controller > method represents a different http request and a brand new instance of the > controller is created. So an array that is saved in a previous request > won't be available in a subsequent request. To accomplish what you want > will require persisting the information from previous pages. Some possible > solutions... > 1) Save the previous values in hidden form variables each step along the > way. > 2) Save the previous values in a session variable. > 3) Save the previous values in flash and use the keep method to maintain > them between requests. > 4) Use some sort of cache like memcached.
Or 5) Put them in the database Colin > I hope this helps. > Anthony Crumley > http://commonthread.com > > On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 3:45 AM, ES <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I would like to have an array saving fields to display for an object >> that is used for its form on multiple pages. >> >> I have declared the array in each of the controller methods that would >> use it. Where can I put the array so that I only have to define it >> once and then use it repeatedly on different pages? >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
