Do some error handling like such:
begin category = Category.find(params[:id]) rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound logger.error("Attempt to access invalid catalog #{params[:id]}" ) flash[:notice] = "Invalid catalog" redirect_to :action => :index else ...what you want to happen when there is a catalog end
Hope that helps --K
You can think of creating it in case you find it...
Jason
begin / rescue is the ruby way to handle/prevent potential errors.
When you say 'begin' the system tries to do whatever is next. In this case it tries to find the catalog entry with the passed in id. If it can not, then it does what is in the 'rescue' block. Else, if it can find the catalog, it skips over the rescue code and does what is in the else block. You can then use the catalog variable in the else statement to do whatever you want the system to do.
Hope that explains it - K