Ruby on Rails when create method fails, render loses local variables
- by Jimmy
Hey guys I have a simple create method with some validations and whenever the create method fails due to validation errors it re-renders the 'new' action.
The problem is in my new action/view I have a local variable that is established in the action and passed to a partial to render some related information to what the user is creating.
Now when my create action fails and I try to re-render the 'new' action I'm getting the always awesome
undefined method `cover' for nil:NilClass
error.
What is the best way to handle re-establishing my action's local variables on a render instead of redirecting to the action again and the user losing the data they input?