Rails - Jun 2006 - AJAX based record deletion

Hi,

New to RoR and I just wanted to check the correct process flow for 
this...

I presently have a controller action:

def destroy_category_association
    category = CatalogueCategory.find(params[:id])
    product = Product.find(params[:product_id])
    product.catalogue_categories.delete(category)
end

I display a list of categories assigned to a product, some of which I 
may wish to delete using the link below. The list of categories is 
stored in a <div
id="associated_categories"><ul><li>...</li></div>
structure.

<%= link_to_remote("Remove Association", :complete => "new 
Effect.Fade(''cat#{associated_category.id}'')",
				:url => { :action => :destroy_category_association,
				:id => associated_category.id,
				:params => {:product_id => product_id}},
				:confirm => "Are you sure?") %>

Presently removing an item works correctly, including a Prototype based 
Fade effect on the deleted item. However, I am concerned that the 
destroy_category_association action does not render output, a fact I am 
reminded of in the logs. This isn''t an issue for adding to the list as
I
call a render method to insert the partial for the new record.

When deleting should I pass back the entire list of categories minus the 
removed item via a render call? Something along the lines of...

render(:partial => "associated_category", :object => categories,
:locals
=> { :product_id => product.id }, :layout => false)

If so how would I handle the Fade effect on the newly deleted item?

Any pointers as to the correct way to achieve this are much appreciated.

Andrew.



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> Presently removing an item works correctly, including a Prototype based 
> Fade effect on the deleted item. However, I am concerned that the 
> destroy_category_association action does not render output, a fact I am 
> reminded of in the logs. This isn''t an issue for adding to the
list as I
> call a render method to insert the partial for the new record.
What''s wrong with that?  If the ajax call returns no output, that is 
totally fine.  It does it''s job and the client doesn;t need any further
info from the server about it.

You could use RJS instead.  Rather than having the :complete option in 
your link_to_remote call, simply create a view called 
destroy_category_association.rjs, and in it put:

  page["cat#{@category.id}"].visual_effect :fade
  # make sure to change your category to @category in your controller

Or you can use redpond_to to delegate the response to a redirect if the 
client has javascript turned off

  respond_to do |type|
    type.html {redirect_to(:action => ''show_associations'')}
    type.js   # will render default which is "name_of_action.rjs"
  end

But really, having the server return no body text on an ajax call is not 
a big deal if the client doesn''t need that info.

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