From: Kent Friis <nospam@...>
Date: 2009-09-01T04:40:13+09:00
Subject: Re: HTML posting to ruby script?

Den Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:17:56 -0500 skrev Brad Mr:
> 7stud -- wrote:
>> Brad Mr wrote:
>>> Ok new to Ruby.
>>> 
>>> I have an HTML form that I want a user to enter data, and when the
>>> SUBMIT button is pressed, the HTML POST (with the data) goes to a Ruby
>>> script to process the data (no web server running) into ruby variables
>>> to be used in other Ruby Scripts.
>>> 
>>> Again this is meant to be able to run offline 
>> 
>> Web pages have no access to the local file system--for security reasons. 
>> You wouldn't be able to browser the internet if a web page could 
>> suddenly flood every folder on your computer with thousands of 
>> advertisements.  And you say that the web browser is offline, which 
>> means the web page can't communicate with a server.  So the question is: 
>> where is the ruby script located?   You see the dilemma?
>
> If that is true then how does Javascript work if you make all function 
> definition in a single seperate *.js file while, calls to its function, 
> and you don't need a web server for that?

Javascript runs in the browser.

/Kent
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