Rails - Jul 2006 - How to add validation to in_place_editor

I have a simple question, but can''t seem to figure this out.

I added an in place editor field and didn''t like how it didn''t
use
the save method. It uses the update_attribute method which does not  
run validation, etc. So I just added the method in my controller myself:

def set_event_url
     begin
       @event = Event.find params[:id]
       @event.url = params[:value]
       @event.save
       render :text => @event.send(:url)
     rescue Exception => error
       render :text => error
     end
   end

The problem is that if there is an error that is rescued it sets that  
field to the output of the error. What I''d like it to do is pop up a  
little javascript window like it does if an exception goes uncaught.

Any ideas?

Thanks for your help.


Thank You,
Ben Johnson
E: bjohnson@contuitive.com



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On Jul 19, 2006, at 6:35 PM, Ben Johnson wrote:
> I have a simple question, but can''t seem to figure this out.
>
> I added an in place editor field and didn''t like how it
didn''t use
> the save method. It uses the update_attribute method which does not  
> run validation, etc. So I just added the method in my controller  
> myself:
>
> def set_event_url
>     begin
>       @event = Event.find params[:id]
>       @event.url = params[:value]
>       @event.save
>       render :text => @event.send(:url)
>     rescue Exception => error
>       render :text => error
>     end
>   end
>
> The problem is that if there is an error that is rescued it sets  
> that field to the output of the error. What I''d like it to do is  
> pop up a little javascript window like it does if an exception goes  
> uncaught.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>
> Thank You,
> Ben Johnson
> E: bjohnson@contuitive.com
>
>
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Better yet, is it possible to simply update a tag on the page and  
keep the invalid value. Like the following:

def set_event_url
     begin
       @event = Event.find params[:id]
       @event.url = params[:value]
       @event.save
       render :text => @event.send(:url)
     rescue Exception => error
       render :update do |page|
         page.replace_html  ''notices'', error
       end
     end
   end

What happens there, is that the element on the page gets updated but  
then the field value is replaced by the javascript that updates that  
field. Any ideas how I can just keep the field value to the same  
value that caused the error?

Thanks for the help.

Thank You,
Ben Johnson
E: bjohnson@contuitive.com



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