> I have a general question on XML in rails. I know how to return an XML
> view for the cleint to render but what if I dont want to render the
> XML that is created? What if I want an XML file to be generated and
> saved into a folder (through file IO.)

>  I know this will generate an XML view if the client requests for an
> XML formatted document:

>            respond_to do |format|
>         format.html
>         format.xml { render :layout => false }
>             end

> This works if I have an xml builder template available.

> This just outputs a view with every column in XML without a builder
> template

>         @product = Product.find(params[:id])
>         @orders = @product.orders

>         respond_to do |format|
>             format.html
>             format.xml { render :layout => false , :xml =>
> @product.to_xml(:include => :orders) }
>          end

> But I dont want to render the XML. I want to save out a file of a
> partictular model in XML format and allow Flash to take that XML and
> do its own rendering. Can someone give me some insight on this.

> Thanks

> Otherwise you can save the xml to a file just like you'd write any
> other file in ruby. Something like File.open('/path/to/file', 'w') { |
> f| f.puts @product.to_xml } should do the trick.

> --
> Justin Blakehttp://blog.adsdevshop.com

> On Sep 24, 4:39 pm, bmcc <barry.mcca...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Hello All:

> > I have a general question on XML in rails. I know how to return an XML
> > view for the cleint to render but what if I dont want to render the
> > XML that is created? What if I want an XML file to be generated and
> > saved into a folder (through file IO.)

> >  I know this will generate an XML view if the client requests for an
> > XML formatted document:

> >            respond_to do |format|
> >         format.html
> >         format.xml { render :layout => false }
> >             end

> > This works if I have an xml builder template available.

> > This just outputs a view with every column in XML without a builder
> > template

> >         @product = Product.find(params[:id])
> >         @orders = @product.orders

> >         respond_to do |format|
> >             format.html
> >             format.xml { render :layout => false , :xml =>
> > @product.to_xml(:include => :orders) }
> >          end

> > But I dont want to render the XML. I want to save out a file of a
> > partictular model in XML format and allow Flash to take that XML and
> > do its own rendering. Can someone give me some insight on this.

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