In the case where they type a name and do not select from the list then the text box is populated but no id is populated. Is there a good way to insure a selection is made?
Deco On May 3, 2007, at 4:59 AM, Laurent wrote: > > thanks xavier..it's exactly what i need > > l > > On 3 mai, 08:47, Xavier Noria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On May 2, 2007, at 10:15 PM, Laurent wrote: >> >> >> >>> I would like to be able to do/reuse the autocompleter for the >>> following thing. >> >>> The field opened for autocompletion in my HTML form, will not >>> based in >>> my ActiveRecord (RoR), but declared as a new attribute like this: >> >>> attr_accessor :name_search >> >>> In this model class, i have an id (let's say user_id that is 'based' >>> i.e when i persist into in database, i save this user_id but not the >>> name_search) mapped to the correspomding column from the table. >> >>> So with the Autocompleter (that i should extend i think), i would >>> like >>> to : >>> Open the search on the 'name_search' field, choose name in the >>> list (i >>> should find a means to have the user_id hidden in a div at each >>> line), >>> then : >>> - set this name in the 'name_search' field >>> - set the corresponding user_id in an hidden field. >>> When clicking OK, i send the user_id information for saving... >> >> That's provided by model_auto_completer: >> >> http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/model_auto_completer >> >> -- fxn > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
