Hi, We've started transitioning to a new, better-named, hopefully-spam- free group for Prototype and script.aculo.us:
http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Could you please post your question there instead? Thanks! People might still answer here, but probably not for all that much longer... -- T.J. Crowder tj / crowder software / com On Jul 11, 9:04 pm, Billy Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks, > > While working on an instance of Ajax.Autocompleter that will bounce > off of a stored procedure via Oracle's mod_plsql (don't ask, it's been > a long strange journey), I ran into one final hiccup that I can't > quite fathom, although the workaround is pretty obvious. > > When you hit a stored procedure in mod_plsql, if the parameters in the > query string don't match the procedure definition, you'll get a 404 > error. And I was getting a 404 error, despite the fact that I got > exactly what I wanted if I directly accessed the URL. > > I took a look in Firebug and it turns out that prototype's > Ajax.request method was attaching an extra parameter named '_' with no > value. > > This little bit was doing it: > > request: function(url) { > var parameters = this.options.parameters || ''; > if (parameters.length > 0) parameters += '&_='; > > I did try adding a useless extra param to my stored procedure def, but > you can't name an IN parameter with underscore and nothing else! > > So, I just commented out that little bit there, and it works fine now. > > So what is the &_= for? I'm sure it's pretty harmless in most > situations, but there doesn't seem to be a way to turn off the > behavior when it does cause trouble. > > Cheers! > Billy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
