Strange... What is the code you use to implement the autocomplete in the view?
/Lasse 2010/3/30 Wim Van Dijck <[email protected]> > Hi Lasse, > > thanks for repying. > I have the same for the controller and the view, not sure about the > action. > > This is how set about to get there: > % script/generate scaffold_for_view supplier name:string street:string > streetnumber:decimal \ > zipcode:decimal city:string mail:string phone:string vat:string > % rake db:migrate > % gem sources -a http://gemcutter.org > % sudo gem install view_mapper > % ./script/plugin install git://github.com/rails/auto_complete.git > I add to the supplier model: > has_many :expenses > > % script/generate scaffold_for_view expense title:string > amount:decimal payment:string \ > description:string category:string subcategory:string date:date -- > view belongs_to_auto_complete:supplier > > That's it. When I add some suppliers, I can autocomplete them in the > expense form, but when I use a name that's not found, it doesn't get > submitted. > The output of the server script is: > Processing ExpensesController#create (for 127.0.0.1 at 2010-03-30 > 11:26:31) [POST] > Parameters: {"commit"=>"Create", "expense"=>{"date(1i)"=>"2010", > "subcategory"=>"test", "category"=>"test", "date(2i)"=>"3", > "title"=>"Test", "date(3i)"=>"29", "amount"=>"0.0", "payment"=>"test", > "supplier_name"=>"tester", "description"=>"test"}, > "authenticity_token"=>"c845768fead94721c294f12ebc6f3b508e031398"} > Supplier Load (0.2ms) SELECT * FROM "suppliers" WHERE > ("suppliers"."name" = 'tester') LIMIT 1 > Rendering template within layouts/expenses > Rendering expenses/new > Rendered expenses/_form (78.5ms) > Completed in 183ms (View: 144, DB: 0) | 200 OK [http://localhost/ > expenses] > > > Processing ExpensesController#create (for 127.0.0.1 at 2010-03-30 > 11:26:39) [POST] > Parameters: {"commit"=>"Create", "expense"=>{"date(1i)"=>"2010", > "subcategory"=>"test", "category"=>"test", "date(2i)"=>"3", > "title"=>"Test", "date(3i)"=>"29", "amount"=>"0.01", > "payment"=>"test", "supplier_name"=>"", "description"=>"test"}, > "authenticity_token"=>"c845768fead94721c294f12ebc6f3b508e031398"} > Supplier Load (0.2ms) SELECT * FROM "suppliers" WHERE > ("suppliers"."name" = '') LIMIT 1 > Expense Create (34.4ms) INSERT INTO "expenses" ("category", > "subcategory", "created_at", "title", "updated_at", "amount", "date", > "payment", "supplier_id", "description") VALUES('test', 'test', > '2010-03-30 09:26:39', 'Test', '2010-03-30 09:26:39', 0.01, > '2010-03-29', 'test', NULL, 'test') > Redirected to #<Expense:0x103d8e920> > Completed in 52ms (DB: 35) | 302 Found [http://localhost/expenses] > > In the first block, the name is still there (tester), but in the > second, it isn't. Why would that be? > > Many thanks, > Wim > > On Mar 26, 7:28 pm, Lasse Bunk <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wim, > > > > I just tried it out, and it works fine for me – if I type a name that > > doesn't exist, then that name is submitted. > > > > In the controller: > > > > auto_complete_for :supplier, :name > > > > In the action: > > > > render :text => "Name = #{params[:supplier][:name]}" > > > > And in the view: > > > > <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :supplier, :name %> > > > > If this doesn't help you, maybe you could post some code? > > > > /Lasse > > > > 2010/3/25 Wim Van Dijck <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I'm a rails noob, tring to teach myself, so feel free to point me to > > > the correct FM if need be ;-) > > > > > I'm playing with the auto_complete plugin. I have a page to manage > > > expenses, and there's field 'supplier' to whom the expense is paid. > > > I can successfully retrieve the suppliers name from the suppliers > > > table, but when I type a name that doesn't exist yet, and submit, > > > nothing gets submitted? > > > > > Can anyone shed any light to why that is? > > > Ideally, in this situation, I'd like to be redirected to the supplier > > > model 'new' page, but I can settle for it just accepting what I type? > > > > > Best regards, > > > Wim > > > > > -- > > > 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]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]><rubyonrails-talk%2Bunsubscrib > [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]<rubyonrails-talk%[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. 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