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Dynamic Layout by Method in Application Controller is broken in Rails 3.0.1

#5921

I'm using the following in my ApplicationController:

layout :determine_layout

def determine_layout
   Logger.Debug "Processing layout"
   if devise_controller?
     "admin"
   else
     @domain = Domain.find_by_domainName(request.domain)
     @domain.domainLayout
   end
 end

Which used to work fine in Rails 3.0, until I upgraded to Rails 3.0.1. Now controllers do not have any layout and show a "You specified nil as the layout, but no such method was found" error. The debug message is never displayed.

If I replace layout :determine_layout with layout "admin" the error message goes away, but obviously all controllers then have the Admin layout applied incorrectly.

Reported by John McDowall · November 5th, 2010 @ 12:52 PM

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John McDowall
Solved. Was using except elsewhere which caused the other action methods not to use any layout.

November 5th, 2010 @ 03:52 PM
Ryan Bigg
- Importance changed from to Low
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November 8th, 2010 @ 01:50 AM
Santiago Pastorino
- State changed from new to open
This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not been commented on for at least three months.

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February 9th, 2011 @ 12:32 AM
Santiago Pastorino
- State changed from open to stale
February 9th, 2011 @ 12:32 AM