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.
