Hi-
I'm trying to implement the elusive country-state connected select boxes.
I have a controller:
... def get_states @states = State.find(:all, :conditions => {:country_id => 1}) render :partial => "state_options" end
(this is the ajax call)
and a template:
<% form_for :user, @user, :url => { :action => "create" } do |form| %> <%= render :partial => 'form', :locals => { :form => form, :genders => @genders} %> <%= submit_tag "Create" %> <%end%> <%= observe_field("user_country", :url => {:action => :get_states,:update => "mydiv"}) %> <%end%>
and a partial, which simply generates the <option></option> tags in between the <select></select> tags.
the first time it's rendered, it creates an empty <select> pair:
... <p> <label> State<br/> <select id="user_state" name="user[state]"></select> </label> </p> ...
If I enter the partial URL directly into the browser, it works. If I replace the observe_field target with a simple alert javascript function, it works, so I know the syntax and partial are correct. The problem is, it just won't update the web browser page. I never see any change.
Any ideas why?
Thanks, Dino