prawnto displaying tables that don't break when new page

Question

I have a variable number of tables with variable number of rows and I want to have them displaying one after the other but if a table doesn\'t fit on the current page put it on

Answer 1

Thanks Igor

I am currently setting the current page and then in the transaction after the new table has been rendered and before the roll back setting new_page variable. Then i can roll back and chek if the new page var > current page var and if it is start new page and print the table. See code below.

The problem is now the pdf.start_new_page says error but if i just take the pdf.rollback line out it works. See error below.

Any ideas any one or any easier ways, there must be one!!

thanks rick

@current_page = pdf.page_count

pdf.transaction do 
  pdf.move_down 20

  pdf.table @data,
    :font_size  => 12, 
    :border_style => :grid,
    :horizontal_padding => 10,
    :vertical_padding   => 3,
    :border_width       => 2,
    :position           => :left,
    :row_colors => ["FFFFFF","DDDDDD"]

  @the_next_page = pdf.page_count
  pdf.rollback

end 

if @the_next_page > @current_page

  pdf.start_new_page

  pdf.table @data,
    :font_size  => 12, 
    :border_style => :grid,
    :horizontal_padding => 10,
    :vertical_padding   => 3,
    :border_width       => 2,
    :position           => :left,
    :row_colors => ["FFFFFF","DDDDDD"]
end 

The error

> You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
The error occurred while evaluating nil.identifier

Extracted source (around line #158): 

155: end



RAILS_ROOT: C:/InstantRails/rails_apps/Macrotec-Application

Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace 
c:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/prawn-core-0.7.1/lib/prawn/document.rb:302:in `go_to_page'
c:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/prawn-core-0.7.1/lib/prawn/document/internals.rb:128:in `finalize_all_page_contents'
c:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/prawn-core-0.7.1/lib/prawn/document/internals.rb:127:in `each'
c:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/prawn-core-0.7.1/lib/prawn/document/internals.rb:127:in `finalize_all_page_contents'
c:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/prawn-core-0.7.1/lib/prawn/document.rb:344:in `render'
C:/InstantRails/rails_apps/Macrotec-Application/app/views/quotations/show.pdf.prawn:158:in `_run_prawn_app47views47quotations47show46pdf46prawn'