David Kahn wrote in post #957906: > On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 4:38 PM, David Kahn > <[email protected]>wrote: > >>> > av = ActionView::Base.new(Rails::Configuration.new.view_path) >>> >>> Did you perchance want render_to_string (which also exists in Rails 2)? >>> >> >> Hmmm... yup, that works, thanks. Would rather do that in the model but I >> can pass it in and step aside from this mess. I must have been hankering for >> punishment in doing it the way I did it in the first place. >> > > Actually just discovered the reason I tried to do this in the model: I > need > to render this view to string from other controllers/models.
You should never be rendering anything from a model. Any rendering -- at all -- is the responsibility of the controller and view. > Do you know > offhand if I can just instantiate this controller and still call one of > it's > methods to string from a different controller or even better from a > model? render_to_string :controller => 'some_other_controller', :action => 'export_file' That should be all you need, just like plain old render. Does that not work? Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- 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.
