On 10 Sep 2008, at 15:55, da991319 wrote:

>
> Hi Robert,
>
> I indeed did try with format.js. It occurs an error: template is
> missing, Missing template samples/update.js.erb.
>
> as I say i already have a show template and show.js.rjs that is doing
> everything necessary if def show is called by an AJAX request. that
> why i would like to call def show via an xmlhttprequest but from def
> update in the controller ( i am not sure i am really clear) and i
> think that is what xml_http_request is supposed to do (but i can be
> wrong as i am new to AJAX and co).

format doesn't actually help you here:  the ajax request is genuinely  
requesting html. What you can do is

if xhr?
...
end
(xhr? is an alias for xml_http_request?)

which can tell if the request was submitted by prototype.

Fred
>
>
> On Sep 10, 8:40 am, Robert Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>>> if @sample.update_attributes(params[:sample])
>>>   flash[:notice] = 'Sample was successfully updated.'
>>>   respond_to do |format|
>>>     format.html {redirect_to(@sample)}
>>>     format.js
>>>   end
>>> else
>>>   render :action => "edit"
>>> end
>>
>> Oops, I take this back. It should be more like:
>>
>>   # PUT /people/1
>>   # PUT /people/1.xml
>>   def update
>>     @person = Person.find(params[:id])
>>
>>     respond_to do |format|
>>       if @person.update_attributes(params[:person])
>>         flash[:notice] = 'Person was successfully updated.'
>>         format.html { redirect_to(@person) }
>>         format.js
>>         format.xml  { head :ok }
>>       else
>>         format.html { render :action => "edit" }
>>         format.xml  { render :xml => @person.errors, :status =>
>> :unprocessable_entity }
>>       end
>>     end
>>   end
>>
>> I don't know where my head was on that previous post. Sorry about
>> that...
>> --
>> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> >


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