TableView in TabBarController not updating

[hstaniloff]

Here's what I'm doing:
I have a tabbarcontroller; The first tab on the tbc displays a tableview and when the user selects a row, a detailtableview appears. On another tab, I have another view controller that allows the user to update information that affects the detail tableview controller's data - the one that's still selected on the first tab.
I am posting a notification in my class, and observing it in the detailviewcontroller.m file where I do some stuff, then call

[self.tableview reload]

and despite this effort, I can't get the table to update when the user taps the first tab - which should display the updated detailviewcontroller data.
Do I have to play with the callback tabBarController:didSelectViewController: and test for the detailviewcontroller in this callback, then issue the reload message?
I'm pulling my hair out on this one....
Thanks!

[BrianSlick]

There is no point in reloading a table that isn't on the screen.

Just reload it in viewWillAppear:.

[hstaniloff]

Originally Posted by BrianSlick

There is no point in reloading a table that isn't on the screen.

Just reload it in viewWillAppear:.

True. I figured it out and placed the reloadData accordingly. Thanks!