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Asked: 2026-05-28T00:19:47+00:00

in my application.html, i have this inside: … <script src=http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js></script> … in my _post.html,

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in my application.html, i have this inside: 

 ...
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
 ...

in my _post.html, i have the follow block to allow users to delete posts:

<% if current_user == post.user or can? :manage, :all %>
     <span class ="plaintext"> [<%= link_to_if(can?(:delete, post), 'Delete', post_path(post), :class=>'delbuttons', :id=>'delete', :confirm => "Are you sure?", :method => :delete) {} %>]
     </span>
    <% end %>

for some reason, though, having the line prevents my posts from being deleted! it’s very weird. how do i enable deletion again? i’m on Rails 3.

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  1. Editorial Team

    As most browsers don’t natively support the delete HTTP verb, rails uses javascript to be able to perform a delete action. To have this working with jquery you’ll need to include a version of rails.js that works with jQuery (and the version of jQuery you are using).

    You can get the latest copy of jQuery here: http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.1.min.js
    And grab the latest rails.js here: https://raw.github.com/rails/jquery-ujs/master/src/rails.js

    Update your application layout to include both like so:

    <%= javascript_include_tag 'jquery-1.7.1.min.js' %>
<%= javascript_include_tag 'rails.js' %>
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