On Mar 29, 1:57 pm, "T.J. Crowder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Geoff, > > Form.serialize() (with the "true" parameter) returns a hash; you just > add things to the hash before passing it on to the Ajax.Updater. > > Give the form an ID (rather than a name) so you can retrieve it with $ > (), and give the form fields names (rather than or in addition to IDs; > form fields work with names, since the name can be repeated on the > page). Then this code in place of your current params stuff should do > the trick: > > * * * * > var params; > params = $('form1').serialize(true); > params.groupnumber = group_number; > params.emailaddress = email_address; > params.cue1clicked = cue1_clicked; > * * * * > > Hope this helps,
Excellent! Much better than the workaround I came up with using a function! Thanks Geoff > -- > T.J. Crowder > tj / crowder software / com > > On Mar 28, 5:49 pm, geoffcox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello > > > I have given myself a headache! I would like to use Form.serialize to > > get data from some forms and combine this with data obtained from > > elsewhere and then use Ajax.Updater but do not know how to do this ... > > > I have code below - how do I use Form.serialize to get the checkbox > > result into Ajax.Updater? In other words what goes into > > the ??:?? ........ > > > Cheers > > > Geoff > > > function send(){ > > var params = > > ({groupnumber:group_number,emailaddress:email_address,cue1clicked:cue1_clicked,??:??}); > > new Ajax.Updater( > > 'updateDiv', > > 'send.php', > > { > > asynchronous:true, > > method:'get', > > parameters: params > > } > > ); > > > } > > > <form name="form1"> > > Nowhere in particular <input type="checkbox" id="cb1"> > > </form> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-spinoffs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---