Question

I am using paperclip with uploadify and I was able to get it working fine. I am also using some AJAX so that a couple of submit buttons do not trigger a reload of the whole page. It was working fine before and it has stopped working now (the log shows that no js.erb is called).

This is what I have in my app:

[remi@iMac]$ l public/javascripts/
total 728
-rw-r--r--@ 1 remi  staff     148 May 17 08:01 application.js
-rw-r--r--@ 1 remi  staff   34787 May 17 08:01 controls.js
-rw-r--r--@ 1 remi  staff   31056 May 17 08:01 dragdrop.js
-rw-r--r--@ 1 remi  staff   38467 May 17 08:01 effects.js
-rw-r--r--@ 1 remi  staff   72328 May 22 10:50 jquery-1.4.2.js
-rw-r--r--@ 1 remi  staff  162353 May 17 08:01 prototype.js
-rw-r--r--@ 1 remi  staff    5850 May 17 08:01 rails.js
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 remi  staff   10220 May 17 08:01 swfobject.js
drwxr-xr-x  5 remi  staff     170 May 22 10:38 uploadify

And I noticed that the order of the javascript include tags makes a difference. When I include jquery first, uploadify does not work but ajax works fine.

  <%= javascript_include_tag "jquery-1.4.2.js" %>   
  <%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %>

When I change it, then uploadify works but clicking on my ajax buttons reloads the page:

   <%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %>
   <%= javascript_include_tag "jquery-1.4.2.js" %> 

I am still new to this, can you point me to an explanation of some sort?

Answer 1

I guess jQuery and Prototype are fighting for the $.

You should setup jquery-rails in your app so that Rails will rely on the framework you’re using elsewhere.

See reference here.