redirect_to kills my session variable

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Hi,

I'm trying to set a session variable in one action of application_controller.rb, which is then accessed in a second action of the same controller following a redirect.

Here's the code.

def cookie_test   if cookies["cookie_test"].blank?     render :template => "shared/cookies_required"   else     #redirect back to where the user came from   end end

protected

def cookies_required   return true unless cookies["cookie_test"].blank?   session[:return_to] = request.request_uri   cookies["cookie_test"] = Time.now   redirect_to :action => "cookie_test" and return false end

The method 'cookies_required' is called first, which sets the session variable 'session[:return_to]'.

I would like to be able to access this variable in the method 'cookie_test' following the redirect.

However, when I try to do so, it shows up as nil.

I tried replacing the session variable with a global variable and that worked fine. I also tried sending the 'request.request_uri' variable as a parameter to the second action and that worked too.

But why is my session variable dying following the redirect??

Thanks in advance