I think if you want to redirect, you need to do a plain request--that is, drop the ajax & just do link_to.
But you should be able to save to the db from an ajax request. What are you doing to save to the db & how do you know it's not working? If there's an error, what is it? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 3:19 PM To: Ruby on Rails: Talk Subject: [Rails] Saving to the database using link_to_remote? I am attempting to save a javascript array that has collected clicks from the user into the database using link_to_remote. I am new to ajax, so I do not know all the details but I have been told that in order to get the javascript array from the client side to the server side I must make an ajax request. The ajax helper I am using is link_to_remote: <%= link_to_remote 'Click me', :url => {:action => "array"}, :with => "'data='+test()"%> This works up until trying to save the array to the database. It passes the array, which is the result of the javascript function test() to the action array and I am able to convert to ruby. However, I am unable to save anything to the database, or redirect to any other action. I am wondering, firstly, Is link_to_remote even the appropriate ajax helper, and if so, How can I save this information to the database in the array action as seen above? Thanks, Dave --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
