# JavaScripts don't show

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascripts-dont-show/135042>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 17, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascripts-dont-show/135042 "2008-04-17T12:53:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mister\_Blood\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mister\_Blood\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mister_Blood_R)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascripts-dont-show/135042/1 "2008-04-17T12:53:53Z")

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I have \<%= javascript\_include\_tag “prototype”, “effects”, “controls”,  
“dragdrop”, “lowpro”, “time”, “application”, :cache =\> ‘mysite’ %\> in  
my \_header.html.erb, but in the browser only shows… any  
idea why?

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Mister Blood R.

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**Author:** ![Mister\_Blood\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mister\_Blood\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mister_Blood_R)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascripts-dont-show/135042/2 "2008-04-17T12:59:49Z")

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On 17 Apr 2008, at 11:53, Mister Blood R. wrote:

> I have \<%= javascript\_include\_tag “prototype”, “effects”, “controls”,  
> “dragdrop”, “lowpro”, “time”, “application”, :cache =\> ‘mysite’ %\> in  
> my \_header.html.erb, but in the browser only shows… any  
> idea why?

Isn’t that the point of the :cache option (it amalgamates all the  
files into a single javascript file) ?

Fred

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**Author:** ![Mister\_Blood\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mister\_Blood\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mister_Blood_R)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascripts-dont-show/135042/3 "2008-04-17T13:09:15Z")

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I honestly didn’t know that. Removing the cache fixed everything.

Thanks man! 🙂

On Apr 17, 6:59 pm, Frederick C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)