Am 10.05.2012 um 09:30 schrieb Frederick Cheung: Hi Fred thanks..
> > > On May 9, 12:58 pm, Werner <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What I have: >> >> #view >> <%= text_field_tag :query%> >> >> <ul id='results'> >> <%[email protected] do |client|%> >> <li><%= client.name%></li> >> <%end%> >> </ul> >> >> #controller >> def search >> @clients = Client.where("name like ?", "%#{params[:query]} >> %").limit(5) >> end >> >> #coffee >> jQuery ($) -> >> $("#query").change -> >> $.get "search", (data) -> >> $("#results").html data >> > > Your javascript is not actually doing anything with the value of the > query text field (take a look at the params received by your code). SELECT `clients`.* FROM `clients` WHERE (name like '%%') => true.. :-( Can you please tell me some more about.. as I am not really familiar with js/coffee >> $.get "search", (data) -> As I understand it in (data) should be the value of :query giving it to the action search @clients = Client.where("name like ?", "%#{params[:query]}%") But this is not happening > The get method takes as its optional 2nd argument a map or string of > data, ie in your case {query: $(this).val()} (since this is in that > event handler, 'this' will be the text field. This is a little unclear to me. > You also want to ask rails to render without a layout. You can either > do this with render :layout => false or you can set the layout at the > controller level > Thanks for your patience. Werner Laude [email protected] -- 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.

