oh i just realized that in the .erb view files I can directly use rails variables. Sorry for the last question :P
Thanks for the help! Pesho Petrov wrote: > aah ok, that was one of the things I tried first. > > however, I'm still not sure how I should do that syntactically. > > As I mentioned in my first post, I tried to do something like: > (in the controller): @myid = "15" > Then in the javascript function, which issues the Ajax call I construct > the following url for the Ajax call: > > url = "<%= url_for(:action => 'search', :myid => #...@myid}, canvas => > false..... > > Then I get a syntax error. I am not sure how I have to pass the variable > in the Ajax url?! > > > And still, I am wondering why after putting a simple string into the > session, I cannot retrieve it from another method (different than the > one where I added the string) > > > Thank you! > > > > > Borja Martín wrote: >> what I wanted to say is that you should pass the object's id through >> the ajax request so there is no need to store it in the session >> >> regards -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

