How do I make a delete button that doesn't go to another page?

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I'm trying to make a delete button for child objects. When the button is pressed, I want the view to stay the same to protect whatever data the user has entered already. When the button is pressed, it should prompt "Are you sure?" and get an answer. I have most of this set already, but I can't find a way to keep things from leaving the view.

Here's my code

  def destroy     person = Person.find(params[:id])     person.destroy     redirect_to(households_url) ---problem here, but I have no idea what to put in it's place   end

<td><% if !person_form.object.new_record? %>   <%= person_form.hidden_field :id, :index => nil %>   <%= link_to 'Delete', person_path(person.id), :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete %> <% end %></td>

By the way, I'm running Rails 2.3.9 at the moment.

Thanks Bob <bsm2th@gmail.com>

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Have you considered making it an AJAX call?

-Dave

3

Love to. Could you send me an example to start with?

Bob

4

Better than an example would be a tutorial, like:

Using Unobtrusive JavaScript and AJAX with Rails 3

:slight_smile:

-Dave

5

Here's a good primer on how to do ajax calls using JQuery. These are the skills you need to do this kind of work.

  #136 jQuery - RailsCasts

The only thing different is I'd recommend writing the javascript in coffeescript instead.

-Kevin