link_to_remote; how do I tweak the div to update?; Ajax on Rails

rubyonrails-talk
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I'm trying to update a specific div section by trying to add some embedded ruby code below. It's not liking it though. You see below i'm trying to replace >>> :update => "msg_box>", <<< with >>> :update => "msg_box_<%= item.id %>", <<< but it's bad syntax or something. How can I do this?

Here's my little Ruby on Rails webpage that uses Ajax:

<% for item in @my_items %> <html>   <head>     <title>Ajax Demo</title>     <%= javascript_include_tag "prototype" %>   </head>   <body>     <div id="msg_box">       <%= link_to_remote( "Item Details", ### normally its :update => "msg_box>",                          :update => "msg_box_<%= item.id %>", ### you see in the line above i'm trying to update the div with id "msg_box_1" for example...                          :url =>{ :action => :get_details }) %>     </div>   </body> </html> <% end %>

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Thanks for reading.

--Dan W.

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I'm trying to update a specific div section by trying to add some embedded ruby code below. It's not liking it though. You see below i'm trying to replace >>> :update => "msg_box>", <<< with >>> :update => "msg_box_<%= item.id %>", <<< but it's bad syntax or something. How can I do this?

Here's my little Ruby on Rails webpage that uses Ajax:

<% for item in @my_items %> <html> <head>    <title>Ajax Demo</title>    <%= javascript_include_tag "prototype" %> </head> <body>    <div id="msg_box">      <%= link_to_remote( "Item Details", ### normally its :update => "msg_box>",                         :update => "msg_box_<%= item.id %>", ### you see in the line above i'm trying to update the div with id "msg_box_1" for example...                         :url =>{ :action => :get_details }) %>    </div> </body> </html> <% end %>

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<%= link_to_remote...... :update => "msg_box_#{item.id}",......

-philip

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That is EXACTLY what i'm looking for. Thanks Philip!