link_to_remote with javascript to fetch multiple checkboxes

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Hello,

I'm trying to submit a link using:

<%= link_to_remote "&nbsp;&nbsp;add selected",     :html =>{:id => 'multiple_select_form'},     :url => { :controller => "sms",     :action => "add_selected_to_recipients_list",     :recipients_session_id => @recipientSessionID},    :with => "'checked_client_array='+ document.getElementsByName('checked_client_array') " %>

where checked_client_array is a name of a list of checkboxes such as is: <input type="checkbox" id="checked_client_array" name="checked_client_array" value="<%= the_client.id %>">

what I get inside Rails console:

{"checked_client_array"=>"[object HTMLCollection]", "recipients_session_id"=>"recipients_list"}

if I put the boxes inside regular form it works fine by I want to be submitted from another form so that's why I'm using the :with property for the remote link.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong and how I can submit it regularly.

Thanks,

TAm

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Hello,

I'm trying to submit a link using:

<%= link_to_remote "&nbsp;&nbsp;add selected", :html =>{:id => 'multiple_select_form'}, :url => { :controller => "sms", :action => "add_selected_to_recipients_list", :recipients_session_id => @recipientSessionID}, :with => "'checked_client_array='+ document.getElementsByName('checked_client_array') " %>

Your with clause should evaluate to a query string fragment (ie name1=value1&name2=value2 etc...), which it doesn't in your case - you've just got some DOM collection or something like that. You need to construct an appropriate query string fragment from that collection. Prototype has various helpers for dealing with this (eg serialize).

Fred