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Using js.rjs to render inline content

I am trying to improve my knowledge of Rails. I was trying to use js.rjs in a simple code. Here's the view: 

<div style="background: #000080; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 30px"><p>This should     Remain Same</p></div>
    <div id="noid">


    <%=link_to 'Click',:action=>:say_when , :remote => true %>  

      and I will look it up.
    </div>

And here's the controller: 

class DemoController < ApplicationController

    def say_when

      respond_to do |format|
        format.js
      end    

    end

end

And I have views/Say_when.js.rjs as follows: 

page.replace_html('noid', render(:text=>"OK"))

But when the "click" link is clicked, nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?

Solution

  • Got it. I changed the file extension to js.erb

    then in the js.erb file, I added the following lines:

    var d=new Date();
var curr_hour=d.getHours();
var curr_min=d.getMinutes();
$('div#noid').html("<h1>The Current time is</h1>"+curr_hour+":"+curr_min)