Sweet merciful Chaos, what did I just write?

RaceProUK

The odd syntax is because this is JavaScript with some lovely C#/Razor thrown in.

So I had to write this:

var dispensationsAction = '@Url.Action("DispensationsAjax", "PayrollGroup", new { payrollGroupId = @Model.Id, readOnly = @Model.HasActivePayrollBatch }, null)';

//It's a hack, but it's required, otherwise the readOnly flag isn't passed correctly
dispensationsAction = dispensationsAction.replace('&amp;', '&');

Why? Well, Url.Action auto-escapes ampersands when creating the URL. While this is fine for <a> tags, it doesn't work then JavaScripting your AJAX.

I don't like writing code that makes my quills twitch; is there another way?

TheCPUWizard

@RaceProUK said:

is there another way?

Can you show where dispensationsAction is actually used....it would be helpful in possibly locating alternatives...

RaceProUK

It goes into a JS method that adds a few more items to the query string, then invokes $.ajax().

Really, the issue lies with Url.Action().

Spoonheed

wrap it in @Html.Raw()

eg

var dispensationsAction = '@Html.Raw(Url.Action("DispensationsAjax", "PayrollGroup", new { payrollGroupId = @Model.Id, readOnly = @Model.HasActivePayrollBatch }, null))';

RaceProUK

Sweet!