Rails - Jun 2005 - Submitting an ajax form via a select

I''m trying to submit an ajax form via an onchange method in a select  
menu, but I can''t seem to do it.

The problem holding me up, is that I can''t figure out how to set the  
ID of the form when using a form_remote_tag (I need to use the ID of  
the form as the forms on the page are variable, so I can''t reference  
it in the form array). Setting :id => ''thisForm'' is wholly
ignored,
as is trying it in a set of curly brackets after the other values  
(ala, the html_options field for other form helpers).  start_form_tag  
seems to be similarly limited.

  I''ve gotta be missing something, but I''ve searched both the
api my
rails beta2 pdf to no avail.  Any advice / workarounds would be  
greatly appreciated.

--Ethan

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On Fri, Jun 10, 2005, E wrote:
> I''m trying to submit an ajax form via an onchange method in a
select
> menu, but I can''t seem to do it.
> 
> The problem holding me up, is that I can''t figure out how to set
the
> ID of the form when using a form_remote_tag (I need to use the ID of  
> the form as the forms on the page are variable, so I can''t
reference
> it in the form array). Setting :id => ''thisForm'' is
wholly ignored,
> as is trying it in a set of curly brackets after the other values  
> (ala, the html_options field for other form helpers).  start_form_tag  
> seems to be similarly limited.
<%= form_remote_tag :update => ''updateDiv'',
                    :url    => { :action =>
''some_action'' },
                    :html   => { :name => ''formName'' }
%>

I don''t remember where I found that, probably asking in IRC.  I
don''t
think it''s documented, but it worked for me!

Ben