Does anyone have any information or links to tutorials on how to have
a select list update other fields in a form using ajax?
Example. I have list of customers stored in a database. I would like
to have a drop down containing a list of customers on a form, that
when selected, would update several input fields on a form with the
customer details from the database.
Use the Rails observe_field function (http://api.rubyonrails.org/
classes/ActionView/Helpers/PrototypeHelper.html#M000966):-
Here is an example of it in use (http://www.railshosting.org/#live_searching), obviously they are using it for a different purpose
but the underlying logic is the same:-
1. Observe field changing
2. Make AJAX request
3. Update page element