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I have a rails application with some javascript. When the user clicks on a div, it triggers a bunch of things and should display / append a new object.

The simplified code is the following : 

$(this).append("<div><%= escape_javascript(render(Question.find(15))) %></div>");

The problem is that I can't find anyway to randomly or smartly update the ID of the object called (here 15 for the example).

I can't call a javascript variable because it's inside "escape javascript" and I can't call a rails variable because it would work only once when the page loads, and then always display the same ID when the user triggers the action several times.

Any idea ?

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1. You should use unobtrusive js 2. You should pass variables through HTML data options 3. You should use ajax call here – fl00r Oct 3 '11 at 13:46
15 should be an id of this or new div or someones else? – Bohdan Oct 3 '11 at 13:51
@fl00r I'll look into this. Though if I make an ajax call to get some data and store it in a javascript variable, will I be able to call it from within escape_javascript(render...) ? – Emmanuel Oct 3 '11 at 13:57
@BohdanPohorilets I'm flexible as I can use a random number or something else, just need it to change at every click – Emmanuel Oct 3 '11 at 13:59
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