Perhaps there is a way to get different variable values depending on what address you load??? For example: http:.......default/index.html...something...n=1,m=0
On Dec 18, 4:07 am, Luther Goh Lu Feng <elf...@yahoo.com> wrote: > You can use javascript or jquery(since web2py includes jquery) to do > this: > > ==javascript== > $('#some_id).click(function() > { > $('#target").val( ($('#target").val()+1) ); > } > ) > > ==html== > <span id="some_id"<a href="#"> Click me</a></span> > > <span id="target">2</span> > > This should more or less work. > > On Dec 18, 10:02 am, Rick <sababa.sab...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the replies! The variable that I'm operating with is python > > type, not javascript. Mdipierro, your solution looks nice, but i can't > > get it working. The value of the variable doesn't seem to change. Here > > is my code: > > > from views/default/index.html: > > {{n=1}} > > <a href="#" onclick="ajax('{{=URL('plus_n')}}',[],':eval');return > > false">plus</a> > > {{=n}} > > > controller.py > > def plus_n(): > > # check this was called by the ajax post > > if request.env.request_method=='POST': > > # do anything you need to do > > session.n=session.n+1 > > # optional return instructions in JS > > return "$('.flash').html('n was incremented').slideDown();" > > > On Dec 18, 2:26 am, pbreit <pbreitenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I don't really understand the question. Do you want to change a JavaScript > > > variable? Or a variable in your web2py code? I don't think you would be > > > able > > > to modify a web2py variable as the result of a click. By the time the suer > > > views your page, all the web2py code has been rendered into HTML. You'll > > > either need to code some JavaScript or perform some sort of Ajax call back > > > to your server. > > > > What exactly are you trying to do?