From: Xeno Campanoli <xeno.campanoli@...>
Date: 2009-05-13T06:36:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Trouble getting dynamic values fed to my javascript

Xeno Campanoli wrote:

eruby --version gives me:

eRuby version 1.0.5
ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i486-linux]
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> Say, I usually have .rhtml/eruby access to all my values, but I'm seeing 
> this weird case, possibly because I'm using https instead of http (I 
> cannot think of anything else) that doesn't allow the values from <%= $x 
> %> to be utilized in javascript methods.  When I do the following:
> 
> <%
> $x = $cgi['x']
> puts "trace $x:  #{$x}"
> %>
> 
> <script type="text/javascript">checkX("<%= $x %>");</script>
> 
> in the source view from the browser it always shows:
> 
> <script type="text/javascript">checkX("")</script>
> 
> even though my logs show the line with "trace $x:  value of x".
> 
> What gives?  Is this a known or unexpected behavior?  Is there a way I 
> can get around it?
> 
> I have tried it several ways, and I know I'm not mistaken.
> 
> Sincerely, Xeno
> 
>