mdiam wrote: > On Feb 3, 7:27am, Marnen Laibow-Koser <mar... / marnen.org> wrote: >> > know a server side language like PHP can NOT do this. How about >> > Ruby/CGI, etc. >> >> Ruby is a server-side language just as PHP is. The only client-side >> language you can rely on is JavaScript. > > Or JRuby because it is written 100% in Java? Yes, if you like applets. Or Hotruby because it's 100% JavaScript, but that's not a complete implementation yet. To the OP: this issue has nothing to do with the limitations of Ruby or PHP, but is simply a function of how Web applications work. That's why substituting languages won't change anything. > -- Maurice Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org marnen / marnen.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.