Something strange about RJS, please help.

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Hello,

thanks for reading this. :slight_smile: I've got some problems with RJS in separate files. What's the correct extension? When I name it *.rjs / *.js.rjs, Ruby on Rails complains that it in not able to find a *.js.erb template. But when I name it *.js.erb, nothing is translated to javascript, only the raw text is given back to the client. When I try inline RJS directly in my controllers with "render :update ...", it runs perfectly. What am I doing wrong?

Really thank you for any answers. ms

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The right naming is *.js.rjs

At the end of the controller you need:

respond_to do |format|    format.js end

to make that work

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Keep this bug report in mind if you're calling #render_to_string before the default view is rendered: http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/870-js-rjs-views-no-longer-found-after-render_to_string-call

The solution is to rename the default view to filename.rjs (as opposed to filename.js.rjs).

Cheers, Nick