text_field_with_auto_complete

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Hi

I have been trying out text_field_with_auto_complete and initially defined the following in my view:

<%= text_field_with_auto_complete(:project, :project_code, :size => '10') %>

with the corresponding code in my controller:

auto_complete_for :project, :project_code

But I wanted the name of the text field to be project_code instead of project[project_code] so I added a :name option

<%= text_field_with_auto_complete(:project, :project_code, :name => 'project_code', :size => '10') %>

But then this seems to stop the auto_complete working and I cannot quite see why?

I defined my own method auto_complete_for_project_project_code using the source from auto_complete_for and then it works but still do not see what I have really done any different.

def auto_complete_for_project_project_code    method = :project_code    object = :project    options = {}

   find_options = {:conditions => [ "LOWER(#{method}) LIKE ?", '%' + params[method].downcase + '%' ],                    :order => "#{method} ASC",                    :limit => 10 }.merge!(options)    @items = object.to_s.camelize.constantize.find(:all, find_options)    render :inline => "<%= auto_complete_result @items, '#{method}' %>" end

I must be doing something stupid :wink: Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks Shane