How to raise a custom Exception in Rails 3+ with normal control flow? -
given following controller method: def create @client = user.find(params[:client][:id]) respond_to |format| if @client.present? && @client.add_manager(current_user) format.html { redirect_to clients_path, notice: "successfully added manager" } else format.html { redirect_to clients_path, error: "could not find client" } end end end how fail in else block instead of throwing runtimeerror turns "something went wrong" on production? def add_manager(user) raise "already manager" if self.manager_users.include?(user) self.manager_users << user if user.trainer? end is code... you can try this: in controller class yourappname::alreadymanagererror < standarderror end now change "already manager" name of custom error def add_manager(user) raise yourappname::alreadymanagererror if self.manager_users.include?(user) self.manager_users ...
