Rails - Mar 2009 - using instance variable within JavaScript function loaded in a partial

Im wondering, how do I go about allowing my javascript function to
load the updated instance variable that is loaded within a partial?
To be specific, I have a javascript function call:
onmousedown="changeTab(this)" for a tab in my layout.  This function
passes an instance variable with an Ajax.Request like so:

changeTab(tab) {
new Ajax.Request( ''/test/ajax'', {parameters: { date:
<%array_or_string_for_javascript(@date) %> })
}

@date is changed each time a different link_to_remote is called and
the link_to_remote catches this change and send the updated @date
variable, but my javascript function changeTab does not pass the
updated @date variable.  How do I get the changeTab javascript
function to pass the new updated @date variable?
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On Mar 12, 9:00 pm, David <dly...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Im wondering, how do I go about allowing my javascript function to
> load the updated instance variable that is loaded within a partial?
> To be specific, I have a javascript function call:
> onmousedown="changeTab(this)" for a tab in my layout.  This
function
> passes an instance variable with an Ajax.Request like so:
>
> changeTab(tab) {
> new Ajax.Request( ''/test/ajax'', {parameters: { date:
<%> array_or_string_for_javascript(@date) %> })
>
> }
This code is only evaluated once so what happens is normal. One way of
doing things is to have the date be a parameter of changeTab (assuming
that whatever calls changeTab is updated after these requests).
Another is to have your requests update some global javascript
variable

Fred
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