On Sep 11, 2011, at 7:57 PM, Noel Villamor wrote:
> I have a button which does the following callback:
>
> ajax('{{=URL('callback')}}',['btn1'],':eval');"
>
> Then I have the following callback function in my controller:
>
> def callback():
> db(db.tbl.id==100).update(data='sampledata')
> jquery = ???
> return jquery
>
> I can use jquery = "alert('Lame table update message');" but it
> doesn't appear as good as the response.flash message.
>
> 1) How do I emulate response.flash?
To emulate response.flash, you need to put the text into the div with class
.flash (the page's js refers to it in jQuery just as ".flash"); IIRC you're
setting that object's html. Then cause it to show itself however you want
to--slideDown, like that.
> 2) How to determine if the db update is successful or not so I can
> flash the appropriate message.
Can't help you there.
