From: Josselin <josselin@...>
Date: 2007-02-07T22:50:09+09:00
Subject: Re: is it a Ruby ? Rails ? or JS ? problem...

On 2007-02-07 14:20:15 +0100, Josselin <josselin@wanadoo.fr> said:

> In a Rails controller action, I am receiving a string parameter back 
> from an Ajax request
> 
> 
> #using inline RJS (Remote JavaScript), I render html replacing a hidden 
> input field in a form
>     render :update do |page|
>       page.remove ('new_title')
>       page.insert_html(:after, 'hidden_values', "<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN 
> id='new_title' NAME='new_title' VALUE='#{params[:new_title]}' />")
>       page.form.reset 'propform'
>     end
> 
> if there is no single quote in params[:new_title] = "John Doe is a 
> stupid and silly boy"
> I get the full string as a value in the input field
> but
> if there is a single quote in params[:new_title]  = "John Doe's sister 
> is a nice beautiful girl"
> I get only  ""John Doe"
> 
> where is the problem.. is theer anyway to avoid it ?
> 
> thanks
> 
> joss

got it !  :    I must write :    VALUE=\"#{params[:new_title]}\"