Rails - Jun 2006 - Ajax table does not update

I have two models: Child and Day. A Child has many days, and a day 
belongs to a child.

I want to create ana ajax table listing the children and, after pressing 
a button, I want to show the days that belong to that child.

Here is my code:

(list.rhtml)
<table>
  <tr>
    ...
    <td><%= link_to ''Days'', :action =>
''show_days'', :id => child %></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <div id="show_days" style="display:
none"></div>
  </tr>
</table>

(child_controller
  def show_days
    @child = Child.find(params[:id])
    @days = @child.days
  end

(child.chow_days.rjs)
page.replace_html ''show_days'', :partial =>
''days'', :collection => @days
page.visual_effect :toggle_appear, ''show_days'',
''duration'' => 0.5

(_days.rhtml)
<% for day in @days -%>
  <td><%=h day.startdate %></td>
  <td><%=h day.enddate %></td>
<% end -%>

The problem is, in Firefox I get a new page with the following text:

try {
Element.update("show_days", "  <td>2005-09-01</td>\n 
<td>2006-07-01</td>\n");
Effect.toggle("show_days",''appear'',{duration:0.5});
} catch (e) { alert(''RJS error:\n\n'' + e.toString()); 
alert(''Element.update(\"show_days\", \" 
<td>2005-09-01</td>\n
<td>2006-07-01</td>\n\");\nEffect.toggle(\"show_days\",\''appear\'',{duration:0.5});'');
throw e }

What am I doing wrong?

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oom tuinstoel wrote:
>     <td><%= link_to ''Days'', :action =>
''show_days'', :id => child %></td>
You''re not using ajax, just a standard link_to.  So rails renders the 
javascript and sends it with text/html headers and is displayed as text 
by the browser on a new page.

You must start the ajax request by using link_to_remote:

  <%= link_to_remote ''Days'', :url => {:action =>
''show_days'', :id =>
child} %>

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>Alex Wayne wrote:
>
>   <%= link_to_remote ''Days'', :url => {:action =>
''show_days'', :id =>
> child} %>
Yes Ales, you are absolutely right. But... it is still not working! Is 
there something else I am overlooking????




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IT WORKS!

Yes, I found it myself! Here''s how I did it:

<table>
  <tr>
    <th>...</th>
  </tr>

 <% for child in @children %>
      <tr>
        <td>..</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td colspan="9"><div id=''days''
style="display: none"></td>
      </tr>
  <% end %>
</table>

The "colspan=9" did the trick.

Hope I can save somebody else some time with this post!

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