Why is :notice not showing after redirect in Rails 3 -

i have following code in controller

  def create     @tv_show = tvshow.new(params[:tv_show])      respond_to |format|       if @tv_show.save         format.html { redirect_to(tv_shows_path, :notice => 'tv show created.') }         format.xml  { render :xml => @tv_show, :status => :created, :location => @tv_show }       else         format.html { render :action => "new" }         format.xml  { render :xml => @tv_show.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }       end     end   end 

and following in tv_shows/index.html.erb

<div id="notice"><%= notice %></div> 

but when create new entry notice message not appear after redirect tv_shows_path. have idea why?

is there reason you're trying use :notice , not flash[:notice]?

controller:

 respond_to |format|   if @tv_show.save     format.html {        flash[:notice] = 'tv show created.'       redirect_to tv_shows_path      }     format.xml  { render :xml => @tv_show, :status => :created, :location => @tv_show }   else     format.html { render :action => "new" }     format.xml  { render :xml => @tv_show.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }   end end 

view:

<% if flash[:notice] %>     <div id="notice"><%= flash[:notice] %></div> <% end %>