Include JS scriptmap no matter what

Hey All,

Recently (not sure when it started) I have been getting the error "$ is not defined" which of course means jQuery is not included in my pages.

Thing is I’ve found jQuery only gets included when I use registerScript() method which is kinda pants cos I use a lot of external JS files which require jQuery on pages that do not use registerScript (jQuery is not included even if I use registerScriptFile()) and I need jQuery to always be included.

Is there anyway of telling Yii to include jQuery at all time without duplicating yiis version of jQuery with one of my own?

Thanks,

Oops I was being stupid I just use register core script function up there.

Thanks for looking anyway.