> Sorry if this is a stupid question, still learning.

> But is there a way to set a local on every request?  For variables in the
> Layouts (in the case of jade)

> I'm trying:

> app.use(function (req, res, next) {
>     res.set({ someValue: "1" });
>     next();});

> But I still get a reference error within the view.  Am I just doing this wrong? Or is this not possible?

> -Jeff

> with res.set you set Header fields.

> what you want is res.locals or app.locals

> http://expressjs.com/api.html#res.locals

> greets

> Am Dienstag, 23. Oktober 2012 23:14:17 UTC+2 schrieb Jeff Sheldon:

>> Sorry if this is a stupid question, still learning.

>> But is there a way to set a local on every request?  For variables in the
>> Layouts (in the case of jade)

>> I'm trying:

>> app.use(function (req, res, next) {
>>     res.set({ someValue: "1" });
>>     next();});

>> But I still get a reference error within the view.  Am I just doing this wrong? Or is this not possible?

>> -Jeff

> I thought I'd tried that previously.

> So towards the top I have:

> app.use(function (req, res, next) {
>     res.locals.currentTime = new Date();
>     next();});

> app.get('/', routes.index);

> Then in routes.index I have:

> exports.index = function (req, res) {
>     res.render('index');

> /*

>     I *did* have the following, which I thought was causing the problem.

>     res.render('index', { title: "Welcome" });

> */};

> And in my view I simply have

> =currentTime

> But I still get the following reference error that currentTime is undefined:

> currentTime is not defined
> at eval (eval at (.....\node_modules\jade\lib\jade.js:176:8))
> at Object.exports.compile (.....\node_modules\jade\lib\jade.js:181:12)
> at ServerResponse.res._render (....\node_modules\express\lib\view.js:425:23)
> at ServerResponse.res.render (....\node_modules\express\lib\view.js:318:17)
> at exports.index (....\routes\index.js:7:9)
> at callbacks (....\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:272:11)
> at param (....\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:246:11)
> at pass (....\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:253:5)
> at Router._dispatch (....\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:280:5)
> at Object.middleware [as handle] (....\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:45:10)

> I appreciate the help.
> -Jeff

> On Wednesday, October 24, 2012 3:52:56 AM UTC-4, greelgorke wrote:

>> with res.set you set Header fields.

>> what you want is res.locals or app.locals

>> http://expressjs.com/api.html#res.locals

>> greets

>> Am Dienstag, 23. Oktober 2012 23:14:17 UTC+2 schrieb Jeff Sheldon:

>>> Sorry if this is a stupid question, still learning.

>>> But is there a way to set a local on every request?  For variables in
>>> the Layouts (in the case of jade)

>>> I'm trying:

>>> app.use(function (req, res, next) {
>>>     res.set({ someValue: "1" });
>>>     next();});

>>> But I still get a reference error within the view.  Am I just doing this wrong? Or is this not possible?

>>> -Jeff