simple json output in rails

Question

I'm trying to include in my page, a json object which will act as a javascript object.

I've got it pretty simply in my controller

   def index
   @tasks = User.select("task_id,desc")
   end

in my view, I thought I'd be able to put

 var tasks = <%= @tasks.as_json %>

but that outputs

[#<Task task_id: 1, shrtDesc: "task 1">, #<Task task_id: 2, shrtDesc: "task 2">]

what I was expecting was

{"task_id":1, "shrtDesc": "task 1"}, {"task_id":2,"shrtDesc":"task 2"}

apneadiving · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-12 00:40:19Z

6

Try:

 var tasks = <%= @tasks.to_json %>

answered Feb 12, 2011 at 0:40

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aaarrrggghhh... thanks apneadiving! didn't know about to_json, everything I was seeing said as_json.