Ruby on Rails

On Aug 29, 1:27 pm, Dave Castellano <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Anybody know why :onchange works here...
> <%= select_tag "Minisections",
> options_from_collection_for_select(@minisections, :id, :title, :selected
> => @minisection.id), {:onChange => "{alert('Minisection has been changed
> to x !')}"} %>
>
> but NOT here (to call a function)...
> <script type="text/javascript">
>    function xyz() {
>   "{alert('Minisection has been changed to x !')}"}
> </script>
>
Because all that function does is create a string literal - it's not
actually calling alert because all that is enclosed in "".

Fred

> <%= select_tag "Minisections",
> options_from_collection_for_select(@minisections, :id, :title, :selected
> => @minisection.id),
>       {:onChange => "xyz()"} %>
>
> The function is at the top of the .html.erb page.  I have used a similar
> format with :onclick and it works fine.
>
> Thanks,
>
> DC
>
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