Here is what you need to do (there are multiple ways of doing it, I am showing you an easy one, definitely not the best one).
You actually have 2 different views, one that renders the search page and another one that renders only the list content, which is invoked through jquery. The behavior you see now is because you use just one view. > #view > <%= text_field_tag :query%> > > <ul id='results'> > <%[email protected] do |client|%> > <li><%= client.name%></li> > <%end%> > </ul> needs to become > #view > <%= text_field_tag :query%> > > <ul id='results'> > </ul> > #view - results > <%[email protected] do |client|%> > <li><%= client.name%></li> > <%end%> Your controller needs to become controller def search end def results @clients = Client.where("name like ?", "%#{params[:query]} %").limit(5) render :layout => false end and your coffeescript #coffee jQuery ($) -> $("#query").change -> searchText = $("#query").val() # Need to uriEncode searchText here, there should be a good jquery way to do so. $.get "/path to your route/results?query=#{searchText}", (data) -> $("#results").html data Please keep in mind that I haven't done anything in rails for quite some time, so the above code is not perfect and probably contains bugs. But it should show the general idea. On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Werner Laude < [email protected]> wrote: > > Am 10.05.2012 um 09:30 schrieb Frederick Cheung: > > Hi Fred thanks.. > > > > On May 9, 12:58 pm, Werner <[email protected]> wrote: > > What I have: > > > #view > > <%= text_field_tag :query%> > > > <ul id='results'> > > <%[email protected] do |client|%> > > <li><%= client.name%></li> > > <%end%> > > </ul> > > > #controller > > def search > > @clients = Client.where("name like ?", "%#{params[:query]} > > %").limit(5) > > end > > > #coffee > > jQuery ($) -> > > $("#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. > -- 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.
