Rails - Mar 2006 - Ajax_generator as a component for master/detail use?

I''m experimenting with the Ajax Generator for the first time and
I''m
trying to setup a master/detail edit page.

My goal is to display both the Master info and the detail records on a
single page.  And allow detail records to be created/edited/deleted on
the fly.

Not sure its possible, but that''s what I''m trying to do.

=== Details

I have an existing master table of clients.

I''ve just created a detail table of todos.  (Plural of todo).

I''ve used the "script/generate ajax_scaffold todo" to create
a basic
todos MVC set.

Note the plural todos. For some reason the ajax generator created
files with the plural name.

I now want to edit my master table''s edit view to have it incorporate
the detail records.

As a newbie I''m guessing that I should add

<div id="todo_list">
<%= render_component :controller => "todos" %>
</div>

This sort of works.

A blank detail record area is being rendered at the bottom of the
master edit screen and when I click on "new" ajax pops up a new blank
detail record.  Even better if I have a detail record in the database
it is rendered properly.  (Rendered on all master edit pages, but this
is a very good start.)

The first trouble is that when I try to create a new detail record the
master edit form goes away and the master show page is displayed.  The
detail record itself is not being saved.

Am I headed in the right direction, and if so what do I need to do?

Thanks
Greg
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Greg Freemyer
The Norcross Group
Forensics for the 21st Century