I'm trying to use ejs to send data from my Nodejs server to my html. But the problem is that I can't read the variables in the script.

Nodejs server:

exports.getIndex = (req, res, next) => {
  var alert = req.query.msg;

  // connect to your database
  mssql.connect(config, function (err) {
    if (err) console.log(err);
    var request = new mssql.Request();

    request.query(
      "SELECT startDate, endDate  from Reservations",
      function (err, recordset) {
        if (err) console.log(err);
        events = [];
        recordset.recordset.forEach((element) => {
          reserv = {};
          reserv.start = element.startDate;
          reserv.end = element.endDate;
          events.push(reserv);
        });
        res.render("index", {
          alert: alert,
          events: events,
        });
      }
    );
  });
};

I need to read events in html like this: var events = <%= events %>

But I get a console error stating that the event does not exist. Any idea how to fix this or how to make it work differently?

I tried creating the div and assigning it directly, but without success.