down vote favorite I am trying to create some kind of search in my ruby on rails application and I want to add ajax support. I want when a user types in a search box a word, ajax automatically generates the results. And I have searched almost all internet and I couldn''t find answer to following question: When I type into my text area nothing happens. It is like ajax is not working at all. Tre problem is in observe_field which should observe my id= ''query'' but it seem like it not doing anything I am using Prototype 1.6.1 and the newest version of rails. The code I wrote is: viewer: <form name="sform" action="" style="display:inline;"> <label for="item_name">Filter on Property No : </label> <%= text_field_tag(:query, params[''query''], :size => 10, :id => ''query'' ) %> </form> <%= image_tag("/images/system/blue_small.gif", :align => "absmiddle", :border => 0, :id => "spinner", :style =>"display: none;" ) %> </p> <%= observe_field ''query'', :frequency => 1, :update => ''table'', :before => "$(''#spinner'').show()", :success => "$(''#spinner'').hide()", :url => {:action => ''list''}, :with => ''query'' %> <div id="table"> <%= render :partial => "items_list" %> </div> And my controler is: def list sort = case params[''sort''] when "Title" then "title" when "address" then "address" when "close date" then "close_date" when "property_no_reverse" then "property_no DESC" when "address_reverse" then "address DESC" when "close_date_reverse" then "close_date DESC" end conditions = ["title LIKE ?", "%#{params[:query]}%"] unless params[:query].nil? @total = Message.count(:conditions => conditions) @accounts = Message.paginate :page => params[:page], :per_page => 10, :order => sort, :conditions => conditions if request.xml_http_request? render :partial => "items_list", :layout => false end end I would greatly appreciate any help I can get! -- 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 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.