Element ids cannot start start with a numerical value. That may be part of your problem.
http://htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/attrs.html -B On Oct 19, 8:54 am, Gregory Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looping through a hash using the .each method and then insert a > new element into my page using values from the hash. I added a check > to make sure I am not inserting the same element multiple times, but > it seems to fail. Any ideas? > > items.each(function(item) { > var pid = item['pid']; > var stuff = item['stuff']; > > if( !$(pid) ) { // if DOM element with that id already exists, do > not proceed <-- this seems to fail > new Insertion.Top('body', '<div id="'+pid+'">'+stuff+'</ > div>' ); > } > > }); > > So in this case, in my hash I have > > {"pid":"142636","stuff":"some html"}, > {"pid":"142636","stuff":"some more html"} > > and I want to only insert the first element, not both. But for some > reason it inserts both --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
