On Feb 3, 4:36 pm, Mohnish G j <[email protected]> wrote:
> An interesting excerpt from the aforementioned tutorial link is given
> below:
>
> The value of the selected date can be accessed by getting the value
> of the text field named calendar.
>
> Using the Prototype Javascript Library, you can do the following to
> get the value.
>
> $F('calendar')
>
> The roadblock I am facing is how to call the `$F('publishing_date')` in
> my new.html.erb file using the rails `<%=>` tag and then assign that to
> my :publishing_date symbol which will eventually be use to update the
> publishing_date attribute in my books table.
>
You can't. Javascript is client side <%= is server side. You don't
need to though. When the form containing the calendar gets submitted,
there will be a calendar parameter (the first argument passed controls
the name).
Fred
> Thanks for your support.
>
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