auto_complete

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1

Hello,

is there any way to pass additional parameters (e.g. a string) from the text_field_with_auto_complete to the controller?

Indra

2

You can use the :url option. The symbols you set after :action will be
appended to the querystring.

<%= text_field_with_auto_complete :my_field, "Enter some text", {:url
=>{:action => 'auto_complete_action_name', :my_param =>
"hello"}, :method => :get} %>

best. mike

3

Thank you! That's exactly what I was looking for.

Indra

4

this didn't work for me

<%= text_field_with_auto_complete :search, :contains,                {:url => {:action => "auto_complete_for_search_contains",                 :language => "English" }, :method => :get} %>

produced

  Parameters: {"search"=>{"contains"=>"a"}, "authenticity_token"=>"2c9f26a81557318a3d7ce1ff64bc57bea43c5fdc", "controller"=>"phrases", "action"=>"auto_complete_for_search_contains"}

i tried pretty much every combination of :url :html and curley braces that is humanly possible and nothing seemed to work, any suggestions?

Rails 2.0.2 running script/plugin install http://svn.rubyonrails.org/rails/plugins/auto_complete