Following the directions for using RJS has nearly worked for me - actually I''m using it successfully but not the way its documented and others have reported it working. The javascript code is generated properly but its not evaluted. I followed instructions found at: http://www.codyfauser.com/articles/2005/11/20/rails-rjs-templates and http://rails.techno-weenie.net/tip/2005/11/29/ajaxed_forms_with_rjs_templates My template is very simple right now, I just include the partial that I would have been updating from before: page.replace_html ''list_items_div'', :partial => ''items'' Which all works fine, if I put add a :complete to my form_remote_tag it will work just as advertised, but I''m concerned something is wrong if I have to do this, and if its fixed later I''d get the eval happening twice which could be a problem for some code ... I''m running edge rails and I''ve ensured prototype.js is updated. Any other ideas?