ill give you a link where there is a example done for auto completion with jquery, but everything you are saying can be done with those technicks
http://rwldesign.com/journals/1-solutions/posts/32-using-jquery-ui-autocomplete-with-rails it shows how to make ajax call and how to respond with json On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:06 AM, Manish Nautiyal <[email protected]>wrote: > radhames brito wrote: > > call the action like "/controller_name/action_name.js" this from the > > javascript file, if the call is ajax make your controller respond to js > > then the file action_name.js is really named action_name.js.rb file > > there do > > <%=render :text => user.id%> > > > > > > this is what should happen, you call from the javascript > > "/controller_name/action_name.js", this goes to the route and matches > > > > map.connect /:controller/:action.:format > > > > you see the format at the end ? rails will return the action_name.js.rb > > ignoring the rb part as it does with index.html.rb that file will render > > the > > text with the user id, another option is returning a json object, read a > > bit > > about it because i think json is the way to go. > > > > Hi radhames brito > > again diturbing you. Please give me the link for this also. > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > 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. 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.
