Rails 3.1.3
My app has two consecutive rails3-autocomplete-jquery form_tags
I want to pass a parameter, which depends on the first autocomplete_field_tag choice, to the second. The second form should search based on the parameter.
<%= autocomplete_field_tag :departure_id, '', autocomplete_city_name_plans_path, :size => 75, 'data-delimiter' => ' ' %>
<%= autocomplete_field_tag :destination_id, '', autocomplete_destination_name_plans_path, :size => 75, 'data-delimiter' => ' ' %>
They are defined in routes.rb
resources :plans do get :autocomplete_city_name, :on => :collection get :autocomplete_destination_name, :on => :collection end
I tried using jquery
$('#departure_id').bind('railsAutocomplete.select', function(event, data){ departure = data.item.id; if(departure == "") departure="0"; jQuery.get('/plans/update_destination_select/' + departure, function(data2){ ... });
can pass a value to an action in plans_controller.rb
def update_destination_select departure = City.find_by_id(params[:id]) unless params[:id].blank? @temp_departure_id = departure.id ... end
But the class variable @temp_departure_id does not work.
Is there anyway to pass a value from the first autocomplete-jquery to another?
soichi