getting my head around referrers

rubyonrails-talk
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i'm trying to get my login and logouts to redirect to from where they came. but because the login/logout controller runs twice (once when u call it, and then when u login/logout) the referrer changes to the login page. how can i prevent this?

here's my code. tx:

def login @from = params[:id]      session[:referer] = request.referer       @referer=session[:referer]     if request.post?       user = User.authenticate(params[:name], params[:password])       if user         session[:user_id] = user.id         session[:user_name] = user.name      redirect_to(session[:referer])      #redirect_to(:controller => "posts", :action => "index")       else         flash[:notice] = "Invalid user/password combination"       end     end   end

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actually i solved this myself. but it doesn't seem to elegant.

any suggestions would be appreciated. here's the code:

def login   if request.get?   @from = params[:id]   session[:referer] = request.referer   @referer=session[:referer] end     if request.post?       user = User.authenticate(params[:name], params[:password])       if user         session[:user_id] = user.id         session[:user_name] = user.name      redirect_to(session[:referer])       else         flash[:notice] = "Invalid user/password combination"       end     end   end