On 7 Dec 2008, at 15:10, Peter Alvin wrote:
>
> Is the only way to get a "return value" from the action called
> through a
> div tag via the :update => 'my_div' entry?
>
> I want the value returned to be put into a string that I can
> manipulate
> in my :complete => 'my_complete_function()'
>
It's already there. The context in which that javascript runs includes
an object called request, which the is Ajax request object.
In particular response.responseText is what you would expect it to be.
Fred
> I *did* try to use the "store value in div" approach then read
> immediately via:
>
> alert(document.getElementById('my_div').innerHTML.length);
>
> but I get DIFFERENT versions in IE and FireFox !!!! BOTH are
> truncating
> the string (because the string contains marktup) and neither give me
> the
> verbetim string generated by my action.
>
> Any ideas how to circumvent using div as return value mechanism for
> link_to_remote?
>
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