before_filter in application_controller in rails application

Question

HI ,

I am very new to rails application .

I am trying to execute a method as long as the logged in user is alive. For that i have added a method on before_filter of application_controller

ANd my code is

before_filter :update_user

def update_user
   @user=current_user
   @user.update_attributes(:last_active=> Time.current)
   render :layout => false
end

But the above showing me some error.. How to resolve this ??

DanneManne · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-29 06:21:20Z

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You should remove the render :layout => false line in the method. Otherwise it will not continue to the actual action that was routed.

answered Nov 29, 2010 at 6:21

DanneManne

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