jqXHR vs. jQuery AJAX-requests in Rails

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I don't understand why this jQuery.AJAX-request to a .csv-file fails to display a Highchart chart in Rails:

var jQuery = $.get('foo.csv', function(data) {}

whereas this one displays just fine:

var jqxhr = $.get('foo.csv', function(data) {}

Can anybody please explain?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 07 '14 at 16:46

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jQuery is the name of the main function in the jQuery library ($ is just a synonym for it). You shouldn't reuse it in your own code. Although if this is a local variable, I don't think it should affect the library, it uses the global variable window.jQuery. But it's still a bad idea to use this variable name, it will be confusing.

answered Jun 07 '14 at 16:46

Barmar

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OK I got it. Thank you for your insight! – ljnissen Jun 07 '14 at 16:50

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 07 '14 at 16:36

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The only difference here is the name of your variable – perhaps jQuery is just a reserved word?

answered Jun 07 '14 at 16:36

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