> Probably a typo, but missing the closing single quote (') after the }} for
> the URL.It is a typo here. It is correct in actual code. > If 'myvar' is a Python variable, you're going 'myvar' is a not a python variable. I pass the id of html element as argument. Javascript code sets the value of that html element. >From your reply, I guess that it is OK to return a javascript function from controller (the way I did), provided that I adhere to your hints. Perhaps then, why my code is failing to evaluate js function in View? Regards, Vineet On Nov 8, 6:05 pm, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday, November 8, 2011 7:45:59 AM UTC-5, Vineet wrote: > > > In a View, there is --> ajax('{{=URL("salhead_edit")}}, [], > > ':eval'); > > Probably a typo, but missing the closing single quote (') after the }} for > the URL. > > > "salhead_edit" returns js function --> 'abc(myvar1)' > > Unless 'myvar1' is a variable already defined in javascript somewhere in > your page, that won't work. If 'myvar' is a Python variable, you're going > to have to insert its actual value (in quotes if it is a string) into the > JS code. Remember, from web2py's perspective in the controller, the JS code > you're building is simply a string -- it doesn't know it is code. Something > like: > > myvar1 = 'whatever' > js = 'abc("%s");' % myvar1 > > will return: > > abc("whatever"); > > Note, it's a good idea to add the ";" at the end of the line. > > Anthony
