Rails - May 2006 - Ajax commenting - PLEASE HELP!!!!

I''m trying to post comments using Ajax.  It seems that I have an 
infinite loop somewhere, because it hangs on the return from the Ajax 
call.  The comment does get saved to the DB, but I have to refresh the 
page for it to show.

The reason I know it''s some sort of infinite loop, is because
I''m
showing a "loading.gif" image, and it never goes away.  Plus, if the 
comment doesn''t save, I''m returning an error message. 
I''ve posted the
code for the VIEW and CONTROLLER below.  Please HELP!

#VIEW
<div id="cmnts-form">
  <div id="add-comment">Have something to say?</div>
    <%= form_remote_tag(
          :url => {:controller => ''journal'',
                   :action => ''comments'',
                   :id => entry.id},
          :update => {:success => "new-comment"},
          :loading => "Element.show(''loading'');",
          :success => "Element.hide(''loading'');",
          :complete => "clearText();",
          :position => "bottom"
          ) %>

     <p>Name:<br/>
     <%= text_field "comment", "name", :size =>
"20" %></p>

     <p>Remark:<br/>
     <%= text_area "comment", "entry", :rows =>
"7", :cols => "35"%></p>

     <p><input type="submit" name="submit"
id="form-submit-button"
value="Post Remark" class="btn" />
<img id="loading" src="../images/loading.gif"
alt="" style="display:
none;" /></p>

    <%= end_form_tag %>
  </div>

#CONTROLLER
def comments
    post = Post.find(params[:id])
    @comment = Comment.new(params[:comment])
    post.comments << @comment
    post.save
    if @comment.save then
      @comment_count = Comment.count("post_id=#{params[:id]}")
      render_without_layout
    else
      render :text => "Error saving comment"
    end
  end

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ryan wrote:
> I''m trying to post comments using Ajax.  It seems that I have an 
> infinite loop somewhere, because it hangs on the return from the Ajax 
> call.  The comment does get saved to the DB, but I have to refresh the 
> page for it to show.
My guess is that your getting hung up on a javascript syntax error.  The 
loading gif never goes away because the javascript hits an error half 
way and never finishes executing.

First, I recommend that you use the firebug extension for firefox, as it 
lets you inpect the query, and response of AJAX calls super easily.

Second, turn on RJS error reporting by adding the following to 
config/environments/development.rb

  # RJS Error reporting
  config.action_view.debug_rjs = true

That should make anything that goes wrong popup in an alert box.

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