Joshua, Also consider using link_to_remote with the :update and :position options. Then you can keep all the view code on the server.
Anthony Crumley On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Anthony Crumley <anthony.crum...@gmail.com>wrote: > Joshua, > > BTW...I forgot to mention there is a to_json method you can probably use to > convert the @phone_number_categories collection to a Javascript value. > > Anthony Crumley > > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Anthony Crumley < > anthony.crum...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Joshua, >> >> You can't access that variable directly from jQuery because jQuery is >> Javascript running in the browser and @phone_number_categories is Ruby >> running on the server. If you want to do all this on the client side then >> you can save the categories into a Javascript variable that is in scope with >> the jQuery code. You can store them in an array or JSON object or an array >> of JSON objects or what ever makes the most sense. >> >> Anthony Crumley >> >> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Joshua Martin <josmar52...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I may be asking a very dumb question, but I thought it'd be worth the >>> asking.. >>> >>> I'm using JQuery to dynamically create some form fields for entering >>> phone numbers... Basically just two fields.. One for the number, and a >>> select field so that the user can choose whether it's a Home/Work/etc. >>> number. >>> >>> My Phone Number Categories (Home/Work/etc.) are stored in the database... >>> Is there any way for JQuery to access the @phone_number_categories Rails >>> variable from within the JavaScript code to create the select? >>> >>> -- >>> _________________________________ >>> >>> Joshua S. Martin >>> >>> >>> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This e-mail message, including any attachment(s), >>> contains information that may be confidential, protected by the attorney >>> client or other legal privileges, and or proprietary non public information. >>> If you are not an intended recipient of this message or an authorized >>> assistant to an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to >>> this message and then delete it from your system. Use, dissemination, >>> distribution, or reproduction of this message and or any of its attachments >>> (if any) by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rubyonrails-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >>> >> >> > -- 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 rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
