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I am trying to create some kind of search in my ruby on rails application and I want to add ajax support. I want when a user types in a search box a word, ajax automatically generates the results. And I have searched almost all internet and I couldn't find answer to following question:
When I type into my text area nothing happens. It is like ajax is not working at all. Tre problem is in observe_field which should observe my id= 'query' but it seem like it not doing anything
I am using Prototype 1.6.1 and the newest version of rails. The code I wrote is:
viewer:
<form name="sform" action="" style="display:inline;"> <label for="item_name">Filter on Property No : </label> <%= text_field_tag(:query, params['query'], :size => 10, :id => 'query' ) %> </form>
<%= image_tag("/images/system/blue_small.gif", :align => "absmiddle", :border => 0, :id => "spinner", :style =>"display: none;" ) %> </p>
<%= observe_field 'query', :frequency => 1, :update => 'table', :before => "$('#spinner').show()", :success => "$('#spinner').hide()", :url => {:action => 'list'}, :with => 'query' %>
<div id="table"> <%= render :partial => "items_list" %> </div>
And my controler is:
def list
sort = case params['sort'] when "Title" then "title" when "address" then "address" when "close date" then "close_date" when "property_no_reverse" then "property_no DESC" when "address_reverse" then "address DESC" when "close_date_reverse" then "close_date DESC" end
conditions = ["title LIKE ?", "%#{params[:query]}%"] unless params[:query].nil?
@total = Message.count(:conditions => conditions) @accounts = Message.paginate :page => params[:page], :per_page => 10, :order => sort, :conditions => conditions if request.xml_http_request? render :partial => "items_list", :layout => false end
end
I would greatly appreciate any help I can get!
