From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2009-09-10T01:21:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Help required in generating xml + sinatra


On Sep 9, 2009, at 07:44 , Florian Gilcher wrote:

> You use single quotes. Those are not interpolated.
>
> If you do "#{construct_xml(array_of_names)}", everything should work.

Better, don't use quotes for no reason:

   construct_xml(names)

> On Sep 9, 2009, at 9:40 AM, Ken Ghosh wrote:
>
>> get '/multiquery.xml' do
>> content_type('text/xml')
>> array_of_names = params[:name]
>> '#{construct_xml(array_of_names)}'
>> end

"array_of_" is equally useless. plural implies a collection.

>> ...
>>

>> iam  sure that xml is formed properly.i mean to say the i have set  
>> the
>> :target => $stdout
>>
>> like this
>> Builder::XmlMarkup.new(:target =>$stdout ,:indent =>1)
>> and the xml is constructed properly in console
>> ent .Is there any thing that I am missing.

Yes, there is something REALLY OBVIOUS that you're missing. A test.

The SIMPLEST of tests would have made this entire question obvious.