From: "Leonel *.*" <leonelsantos.me@...>
Date: 2010-10-13T01:57:09+09:00
Subject: if the variable is set.

How can I create an if statement to check if a variable contains a
value? If it does contain a value, I want to send an email. I'm doing
the following but it doesn't work...

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EXTRACT
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        # send email only if a client email is set
        if defined?(appointment.client.email)
          Notifier.appointment_booked(@appointment).deliver
        end
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FULL CONTROLLER
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class AppointmentsController < ApplicationController
  before_filter :load_clients_and_services, :only => [ :new, :create,
:edit ]

  # GET /appointments
  # GET /appointments.xml
  def index
    @appointments = Appointment.all(:order => 'start', :conditions => [
"start >= ?", Date.today ] )
    appointments = Appointment.all(:order => 'start', :conditions => [
"start >= ?", Date.today ] )
    appointments.group_by do |appointment|
      appointment.start.strftime("%Y%m%d")
    end

    @past_appointments = Appointment.all(:order => 'start', :conditions
=> [ "start < ?", Date.today ] )

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html # index.html.erb
      format.xml  { render :xml => @appointments }
    end
  end

  # GET /appointments/1
  # GET /appointments/1.xml
  def show
    @appointment = Appointment.find(params[:id])

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html # show.html.erb
      format.xml  { render :xml => @appointment }
    end
  end

  # GET /appointments/new
  # GET /appointments/new.xml
  def new
    @appointment = Appointment.new

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html # new.html.erb
      format.xml  { render :xml => @appointment }
    end
  end

  # GET /appointments/1/edit
  def edit
    @appointment = Appointment.find(params[:id])
  end

  # POST /appointments
  # POST /appointments.xml
  def create
    @appointment = Appointment.new(params[:appointment])

    respond_to do |format|
      if @appointment.save

        # send email only if a client email is set
        if defined?(appointment.client.email)
          Notifier.appointment_booked(@appointment).deliver
        end

        format.html { redirect_to(@appointment, :notice => 'Appointment
was successfully created.') }
        format.xml  { render :xml => @appointment, :status => :created,
:location => @appointment }
      else
        format.html { render :action => "new" }
        format.xml  { render :xml => @appointment.errors, :status =>
:unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end

  # PUT /appointments/1
  # PUT /appointments/1.xml
  def update
    @appointment = Appointment.find(params[:id])

    respond_to do |format|
      if @appointment.update_attributes(params[:appointment])
        format.html { redirect_to(@appointment, :notice => 'Appointment
was successfully updated.') }
        format.xml  { head :ok }
      else
        format.html { render :action => "edit" }
        format.xml  { render :xml => @appointment.errors, :status =>
:unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end

  # DELETE /appointments/1
  # DELETE /appointments/1.xml
  def destroy
    @appointment = Appointment.find(params[:id])
    @appointment.destroy

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html { redirect_to(appointments_url) }
      format.xml  { head :ok }
    end
  end

  private
    def load_clients_and_services
      @clients = Client.find(:all)
      @services = Service.find(:all)
    end

end

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