Rails - Apr 2006 - drop downs

I''m having trouble getting a second drop down populated based on the 
value from the first drop down. I''ve tried following some of the 
examples posted, but haven''t had any success. I''m new to RoR
so any help
would be appreciated. When the first drop down''s value gets changed, it
calls the correct method in the controller and even finds the correct 
country areas, but the results are not getting displayed in the partial 
- the second drop down just remains blank.
Thanks for the help!

************* Controller
  def new
    @trip = Trip.new
    @countries = Country.find(:all)
    @country_areas = []
  end
  def find_areas_for_country
    @country_areas = CountryArea.find(:all, :conditions => ["country_id 
= :country", params])
    render(:partial => "country_area", :collection => 
@country_areas)
  end

*********** form
  <tr>
    <td><label
for="country">Country</label></td>
 <td><select id="country" name="country"><%= 
options_from_collection_for_select(@countries, "id",
"descr") %>
     </select></td>
  </tr>
  <%= observe_field(:country,
                 :update => "country_area",
                 :url => { :action => :find_areas_for_country },
                 :with => "''country=''+value")
%>
  <tr>
    <td><label
for="country_area">Area</label></td>
    <td><%= render :partial => ''country_area''
%></td>
  </tr>

********** partial
<select id="country_area" name="country_area">
<%= options_from_collection_for_select(@country_areas, "id",
"descr") %>
</select>

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Brian Nice wrote:
> *********** form
>   <tr>
>     <td><label
for="country">Country</label></td>
>  <td><select id="country"
name="country"><%=
> options_from_collection_for_select(@countries, "id",
"descr") %>
>      </select></td>
>   </tr>
>   <%= observe_field(:country,
>                  :update => "country_area",
>                  :url => { :action => :find_areas_for_country },
>                  :with =>
"''country=''+value") %>
>   <tr>
>     <td><label
for="country_area">Area</label></td>
>     <td><%= render :partial => ''country_area''
%></td>
>   </tr>
> 
> ********** partial
> <select id="country_area" name="country_area">
> <%= options_from_collection_for_select(@country_areas, "id",
"descr") %>
> </select>
You don''t seem to have a div or span with an id of country_area.  tthe
:update => ... bit of the observe_field is looking to replcace the
contents of an element with the results of the action, you need a div to
render into.

Alan.

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Alan Francis wrote:
> You don''t seem to have a div or span with an id of country_area. 
tthe
> :update => ... bit of the observe_field is looking to replcace the
> contents of an element with the results of the action, you need a div to
> render into.
Jyst noticed the countray_area id is used inside the partial.  this 
won''t work as the particl needs rendered *into* country_area.  In your 
case, that should probably be the td(*).

Alan
(*)But be wary of DOM manipulation and tables in IE

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Alan Francis wrote:
> Alan Francis wrote:
> 
>> You don''t seem to have a div or span with an id of
country_area.  tthe
>> :update => ... bit of the observe_field is looking to replcace the
>> contents of an element with the results of the action, you need a div
to
>> render into.
> 
> Jyst noticed the countray_area id is used inside the partial.  this 
> won''t work as the particl needs rendered *into* country_area.  In
your
> case, that should probably be the td(*).
> 
> Alan
> (*)But be wary of DOM manipulation and tables in IE
Thanks that seems to work! I also had to change the line in the
controller to use :object rather than :collection

    render(:partial => "country_area", :object => 
@country_areas)

Thanks again

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