simple attribute copy

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You definitely shouldn't be changing models in the view.

Depending on what you're trying to do, you might be better off putting your attribute copying code in your model, along the lines of:

class ModelA < ActiveRecord::Base end

class ModelB < ActiveRecord::Base

  def self.create_from_a(model_a)     # Set this model's attributes from other model's attributes     save   end end

Then in your controller you can call:

class MyController < Application   def my_action     @my_a = ModelA.find(params[:id])     @my_b = ModelB.create_from_a(@my_a)   end end

James.