You need to wrap the snippet that render(:update) generates with a
script tag. Try
<%= javascript_tag render :update do |page|
page.alert 'hi'
end %>
Or:
<%= update_page_tag do |page|
page.alert('hi')
end %>
On Mar 25, 10:06 pm, Jose Hales-Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've just started using RJS and I'm having a fundamental problem.
> All of my RJS statements are showing as unexecuted Javascript.
>
> I could have something like:
>
> <%= render :update do |page|
> page.alert "Hello"
> end
> %>
>
> But, instead of an alert window I get a string in the browser:
>
> alert("Hello");
>
> This occurs whether I'm using Safari or Firefox or whether I put the
> code in the controller or in an .rjs file. I'm using Rails
>
> Can anyone help point me to a solution?
>
> Thank you,
> Jose
>
> .......................................................
> Jose Hales-Garcia
> UCLA Department of Statistics
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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