<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">params[] is preferred now because 'params' is a method call and '@params' is an instance variable. I had this question myself and when AWDR had both styles, I asked a Rails core team member when I saw him.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>-Rob</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Rob Biedenharn<SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://agileconsultingllc.com">http://agileconsultingllc.com</A></DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:Rob@AgileConsultingLLC.com">Rob@AgileConsultingLLC.com</A></DIV><DIV>+1 513-295-4739</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Mar 31, 2006, at 10:51 AM, Bill Walton wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2">Is there a difference in the way that params[] and @params[] are handled?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2">Is the 'handling' done by Ruby or Rails?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2">A pointer to the relevant documentation would be sincerely appreciated. Or just an answer would be ok too ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2">Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2">Bill</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Rails mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org">Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails">http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>