Nikos Kanellopoulos wrote: > In a rails application, > I have a set_lang() and a write_to_log() method in > app/controllers/application.rb > > set_lang() calls write_to_log(). > Nothing happens. I should expect that write_to_log is either called or > an exception is thrown. However, it seems that it is silently ignored. > To prove this I called write_to_log00(), which does not exist. Still > the same behavior. > > Is this normal? > Is there a workaround? You should : - post your code - post it to the Ruby On rails forum instead of the Ruby (maybe you'll get more help) If your code looks like def write_to_log #blablabla set_lang = something #blablabla end Then it won't work, because Ruby assumes that set_lang is a local variable. Do this instead (add "self.") : def write_to_log #blablabla self.set_lang = something #blablabla end Hope this helps. If it doesn't, I'm sure you'll get more responses if you post your piece of code :) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.