Sessions To save data across multiple requests, you can use either the session or the flash hashes. A flash stores a value (normally text) until the next request, while a session stores data during the complete session. session[:user] = @user flash[:message] = "Data was saved successfully" <%= link_to "login", :action => 'login' unless session[:user] %> <% if flash[:message] %> <div><%= h flash[:m
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