Rails - Dec 2005 - field update not happneing

Hi,

I''m having some scriptaculous weirdness, hoping this is an easy fix.  I
have a js function defined in my header:

function flash(msg){
   $(''flash_msg'').value = msg;
   alert(msg);  // for debugging
   ...
}

This is being called like so:

<%= form_remote_tag(
     :update => ''admins'',
     :url => { :action => ''add_admin'', :params =>
{:id => @place.id} },
     :complete => "flash(''passes msg''); =
\$(''add_field'').value = '''';"
     )
%>

When I hit ''Add'' the correct div is updated, I see the alert
(saying
"passed message"), and ''add_field'' is cleared, but
''flash_msg'' never gets
set.  There are no js errors and I''m just totally stumped over why this
could be.

Thanks in advance for any help,

pt.
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Parker Thompson wrote:
> function flash(msg){
>   $(''flash_msg'').value = msg;
>   alert(msg);  // for debugging
> 
> When I hit ''Add'' the correct div is updated, I see the
alert (saying
> "passed message"), and ''add_field'' is cleared,
but ''flash_msg'' never
> gets set.  There are no js errors and I''m just totally stumped
over why
> this could be.
What kind of HTML element has the flash_msg id?

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On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Mark Reginald James wrote:

|What kind of HTML element has the flash_msg id?

Ah, figured it out (thanks).  I was trying to replace the contents of a 
div (also tried a span) using .value.  Switching to innerHTML, e.g.:

  $(''flash_msg'').innerHTML = msg;

fixed the problem.  I knew it had to be something silly, just needed my 
assumptions questioned, thanks.

pt.