Below is controller code wherein asses gets called, and subsequently (re) renders the "hand'' partial (which is enclosed in the view "play" (which is what was originally called to invoke this whole thing). It contains javascript to invoke the asses() method in the controller, below. However, when I invoke asses (from the javascript) the bot div disappears -- and I need it because I have javascript in application.js that is reading the json file created in asses() and replacing the innerHTML in the bot div. Why does my bot div disappear when asses in the controller is invoked? Thanks, R.Vince ===== controllers/games_controller.rb class GamesController < ApplicationController skip_before_filter :verify_authenticity_token def play end def asses # do some stuff then.... t = Time.now @whowon = t.strftime("%H:%M:%S") if outcome != 0 totplays = current_user.plays + 1 totwins = current_user.wins if outcome > 0 totwins = totwins + 1 @whowon = @whowon << " -- you won!" else @whowon = @whowon << " -- you lost." end totpercent = totwins.to_f / totplays.to_f * 100 current_user.update_attributes(:plays => totplays, :wins => totwins, :percent => totpercent) else @whowon = @whowon << " -- Nobody won - tie!" end x = User.find(:all, :conditions => ["percent is not null"], :limit => 10, :order => "percent DESC").collect {|p| [ p.username, p.percent]} #puts x.to_json File.open(''public/json.dat'', ''w'') do |file| file.puts x.to_json end render :partial => ''hand'' , :layout => ''application'' end end ===== views/games/_hand.html.erb <center> <%= current_user.username %> select your next play:<br> <form action="/games/asses" method="post" name="playform"> <select id="play" name="play" onchange="document.playform.submit ();document.playform.reset()"> <option value=""></option> <option value="1">Rock</option> <option value="2">Paper</option> <option value="3">Scissors</option> </select> </form> <div id="outcome"> <%= @whowon || '' '' %> </div> </center> <script type="text/javascript"> Effect.Fade("outcome", { duration: 5.0 }) </script> ===== views/games/play.html.erb <% if current_user == nil %> <% redirect_to root_url %> <% end %> <div id="top"> <%= render :partial => ''hand'' %> </div> <div id="bot"> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> startClock("../json.dat" ); Effect.Fade("outcome", { duration: 5.0 }) </script> -- 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.