:after_update_element and text_field_with_auto_complete

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Hi! I'm on Rails 2.2.2 and using text_field_with_auto_complete which works fine.

Now I want to use :after_update_element to send some data back to the server when my text field is updated.

I have the following code in my view:

<%= text_field_with_auto_complete :company, :name, {},       {:after_update_element =>     "function(element,value){" + remote_function(     :url => { :action => :update_search_session },     :with =>"'selected_company_name='+element.value") + "}",     :skip_style => false, :method => :get } %>

I can see that my controller method (:update_search_session) gets called allright but I can't figure out how to access the returned data (element.value).

Can anyone help?

TIA, Peter

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Am I totally misunderstanding something here or... Please help! - I'm really stuck on this!

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Peter Jeppesen wrote:

Am I totally misunderstanding something here or... Please help! - I'm really stuck on this!

OK finally I got it sorted out. After a minor bugfix in my javascript, params[:selected_company_name] did the trick.

Amazing and smooth... - I just love Rails!

Peter