Re: [Rails] Cannot redirect to nil! - basic MVC operation

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Bogdan M. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

> controller:
>
> def random
> @task = Task.find(rand(Task.first.id..Task.last.id))
> # REMOVE - UNNECESSARY render "random"
> end
>
> random.html.erb
> <%= @task %> # i want it to make it work, if i pass manually
> lets #say `../random/1` lets say as an example it works it shows me the
> memory #location of the object.

@task.inspect would be more useful, or actually displaying some
specific attributes of the object :-)

> error log:
>
> ActionController::ActionControllerError in TasksController#show
> Cannot redirect to nil!

But here, you're not even using your "random" method, you're calling
"show" -- check your routes.

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