link_to_remote: return value from action into string?

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Is the only way to get a "return value" from the action called through a div tag via the :update => 'my_div' entry?

I want the value returned to be put into a string that I can manipulate in my :complete => 'my_complete_function()'

I *did* try to use the "store value in div" approach then read immediately via:

alert(document.getElementById('my_div').innerHTML.length);

but I get DIFFERENT versions in IE and FireFox !!!! BOTH are truncating the string (because the string contains marktup) and neither give me the verbetim string generated by my action.

Any ideas how to circumvent using div as return value mechanism for link_to_remote?

Pete

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Is the only way to get a "return value" from the action called through a div tag via the :update => 'my_div' entry?

I want the value returned to be put into a string that I can manipulate in my :complete => 'my_complete_function()'

It's already there. The context in which that javascript runs includes an object called request, which the is Ajax request object. In particular response.responseText is what you would expect it to be.

Fred

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It's already there. The context in which that javascript runs includes an object called request, which the is Ajax request object. In particular response.responseText is what you would expect it to be.

Thanks, Fred! However, I just can't get it to work. If I'm reading your comment accurately, it looks like "response" is global?

I'm trying this and it doesn't work. The first alert fires but the second one does not. Plus, there are NO JavaScript errors in FF or IE... just "nothing at all"

//link_to_remote passes :complete => "done()" function done() {   alert('done!');   alert(response.responseText); }

I opened prototype.js to look "under the hood" and I see this:

... options.onComplete = (function(response, json) { ...

Now, I have NO IDEA what this is, but it prompted me to change my code to this:

function done(response) {   alert('done!'); //yes   alert(response.responseText); //no }

still, nothing!

Finally, I tried this: I added response as param to my done function (see below), and still nothing.

<%= link_to_remote 'CLICK',   :url => { :action => 'get_row' },   :update => 'temp',   :complete => "done(response)" %>

I'm so confused!