Passing Values Between Action Methods

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I have 2 action methods, action1 and action2. action1 is always run before action2. Short of using the dreaded global variable, how can I access a value developed in action1 from action2? Thanks for any input.

       ... doug

2

If you are redirecting to action2 at the end of action1, just append
the value to the end of the redirect:

my_var = <some logic> redirect_to :action => 'action2', :my_var => my_var

should work.

Peace, Phillip

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I have 2 action methods, action1 and action2. action1 is always run before action2. Short of using the dreaded global variable, how can I access a value developed in action1 from action2? Thanks for any input.

u can send a value like this

def action1

redirect_to :action => ‘action2’, :value => params[:current_varaible]

end

def action2

puts params[:value].inspect

end

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If you are redirecting to action2 at the end of action1, just append the value to the end of the redirect:

Thanks to both responders. I appologize for not making clear that I'm not redirecting from action1 to action2. Actually this is a checkout system where action1 redirects to a checkout handler like PayPal and then after the checkout handler does its thing, we redirect to a fulfillment handler to complete the order. The bottom line is that action1 does not "call" action2; so, I can't pass the information in the call. That would obviously make life much easier.

Thanks for the input. Am I stuck with the dreaded global variable?

        ... doug

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A global variable is probably not going to help you anyway.

If this "order" is in a database, then you may want to link this data that you need in action2 to the order as an attribute in the same table or in a new table the belongs_to :order (even if the need for the data is "temporary", you do need to handle concurrent users, right?).

-Rob

Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com Rob@AgileConsultingLLC.com

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(even if the need for the data is "temporary", you do need to handle concurrent users, right?).

Yep and I think that alone dictates what I'm going to have to do. Thanks for helping me focus my thinking.

       ... doug