Uuups, I just found out that HTML links behave the same way ... it seems I am too pampered with Rails link helpers ;-) But I still wonder what the easiest way would be to build correct URLs for Javascript then.
On Jan 22, 3:01 am, Kai Schlamp <[email protected]> wrote: > Hm, that really sounds unhandy. As mentioned, I can simply use <a > href="profile">link</a> and the "profile" gets appended to the full > url. It doesn't matter in that case if there is a trailing slash or > not. Why does Javascript has that problem and standard HTML not?! Does > someone know of a good URL library for Javascript (or jQuery)? > > > Pretend it's a file system... You are in the "users" directory. In that > > directory is a file called "3" and now you are asking for "profile". > > Without any slashes, it's going to assume that you want the file "profile" > > in the current directory which is "users" so you get "users/3". > > > It's more complicated than a file system though since you can't ensure a > > trailing slash. I might remove it. Apache might be configured to get rid > > of it, etc. > > > You can't prefix "profile" with a slash since that would pull > > uphttp://localhost/profile. > > > I think you're only option is to tweak the load() call... to pull in the > > value of document.location.href and append "profile" with a possible slash > > to separate them if it doesn't already exist. I don't know if > > jQuery/javascript has anything to make that simpler. > > > You might also be able to set the BASE HREF html tag, but that will most > > likely screw up all your image paths, etc... > > > -philip > > -- 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.
