Question

I need to set a textarea value with a paragraph that’s coming from a database.

$("#body").val('<%= @letter.body %>');

The code above works when @letter.body is just simple text, but it fails when there’s newlines or anything else fancy in that field. How can I get the whole paragraph to render properly in my textarea, including any newlines, bullets, etc that might be included?

Answer 1

Rails 3.0:

$("#body").val(<%= @letter.body.to_json %>);

Rails 3.1:

$("#body").val(<%= j @letter.body %>);