AJAX select: How to send the selected value to AJAX action?

rubyonrails-talk
#1

You can do this:

<%= select(:preferences,
                  :job_history_filter_period,
                  ContactPreference::JOB_HISTORY_OPTIONS,
                  options = {},
                  html_options = {
                                         :onChange => "new
Ajax.Request('/controller_name/modify_history_time_period/' +
this[this.selectedIndex].value, {asynchronous:true,
evalScripts:true});"
                                         }
                 ) %>

It's not as clean as the helper but gets the job done.

Cheers,
Atha