# .rjs template doesn't load? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 6, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rjs-template-doesnt-load/53461 "2006-02-06T19:07:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joshua_Gitlin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rjs-template-doesnt-load/53461/1 "2006-02-06T19:07:39Z")
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**Author:** ![Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joshua_Gitlin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rjs-template-doesnt-load/53461/2 "2006-02-06T20:52:46Z")
Josh, I have a similar requirement, but addressed it a little differently. I don’t know which is better. I set an instance variable in my controller called @error and fill it with a message if the action fails. Then in my .rjs I do: if @error page.show ‘ajax-error’ page.replace\_html ‘ajax-error’, @error else page.hide ‘ajax-error’ page.replace\_html ‘my-div-name’, :partial =\> ‘mypartial’ page.visual\_effect :highlight, ‘my-div-name’, :duration =\> 1.5 end -Tom ---
**Author:** ![Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joshua_Gitlin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rjs-template-doesnt-load/53461/3 "2006-02-06T21:02:40Z")
Tom, That would work well, problem is, I can’t make my action render _anything_ besides :text… -Josh * * * Due to the recent increase in spam and falsely sent email, I now PGP Sign all of my outgoing mail to prove my identity. This means that you will see an attachment called “PGP.sig” with this message. This attachment can be used to prove that I am who I say I am. If you are not familiar with PGP, you can safely ignore it. For more information, please visit [http://www.pgp.com/](http://www.pgp.com/) or [http://www.gnupg.org/](http://www.gnupg.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joshua_Gitlin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rjs-template-doesnt-load/53461/4 "2006-02-06T21:42:59Z")
I’m not sure how well RJS templates work with partials. I use Toms route myself and will have a complete rjs template for methods like create or update which would previously not have any. Try making a create.rjs and have a flag in there like Tom suggested and see what happens. Skip the partial for now (at least on the xhr requests) to see if it helps. -Nick ---
**Author:** ![Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joshua_Gitlin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rjs-template-doesnt-load/53461/5 "2006-02-06T21:55:05Z")
Nick, I might try that. But the issue is even worse. It doesn’t matter if it’s an RJS template. Even if it’s an RHTMl templaye, the code in the template just isn’t executed: controller: ``` if params[:commit] && @item.save if (request.xhr?) logger.debug "About to render" render(:partial => 'completechanges') ``` \_completechanges.rhtml: test \<% logger.debug “This came from the partial” %\> development.log: … SQL (0.000150) COMMIT About to render where is my “This came from the partial”? -Josh * * * Due to the recent increase in spam and falsely sent email, I now PGP Sign all of my outgoing mail to prove my identity. This means that you will see an attachment called “PGP.sig” with this message. This attachment can be used to prove that I am who I say I am. If you are not familiar with PGP, you can safely ignore it. For more information, please visit [http://www.pgp.com/](http://www.pgp.com/) or [http://www.gnupg.org/](http://www.gnupg.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joshua_Gitlin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rjs-template-doesnt-load/53461/6 "2006-02-06T22:07:20Z")
Ok. Scratch that. Part of the problem was bad file permissions! =o I am still having trouble but will play around a little more. ## -Josh Due to the recent increase in spam and falsely sent email, I now PGP Sign all of my outgoing mail to prove my identity. This means that you will see an attachment called “PGP.sig” with this message. This attachment can be used to prove that I am who I say I am. If you are not familiar with PGP, you can safely ignore it. For more information, please visit [http://www.pgp.com/](http://www.pgp.com/) or [http://www.gnupg.org/](http://www.gnupg.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joshua_Gitlin)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rjs-template-doesnt-load/53461/7 "2006-02-07T16:24:06Z")
Josh, Just a couple other quick notes. - Make sure you don’t have an .rhtml template with the same name as it would obscure the .rjs template. - If in your controller you might render different views depending on something, be sure to call it with a return, e.g.: -Tom