Rails - Jun 2006 - text_field_with_auto_complete doesn|t work in edit/show view

Hi,

I am using the autocomplete for text field with
''Scriptaculous'' and it
works perfectly fine in "new" action.

All the examples I see are only for the "new" action.

But doesn''t default to the selected value/text in "edit/show"
action? Is
this possible or should I write custom code for "edit/show" action?

Thanks, Hari

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On Monday, June 19, 2006, at 3:22 PM, Nara Hari wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am using the autocomplete for text field with
''Scriptaculous'' and it
>works perfectly fine in "new" action.
>
>All the examples I see are only for the "new" action.
>
>But doesn''t default to the selected value/text in
"edit/show" action? Is
>this possible or should I write custom code for "edit/show"
action?
>
>Thanks, Hari
>
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I''ve used it recently for edit views as well as new views with no
issues.

_Kevin

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Kevin Olbrich wrote:

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for the reply.

My code in "_form.html" looks like:
<p><label for="reseller_state_id">Reseller
Location</label><br/>
<%= text_field_with_auto_complete :state, :state_name, {:size => 50} 
%></p>

and in controller:
  auto_complete_for :state, :state_name

In my ''reseller'' model I have an ID for the state and the ID
is to be
looked up from the "state" model.

This code works fine in "new" action but doesn''t get the
default state
name in edit/show action?

How does your model look like? Is the usage any different?

Thanks,Hari

> On Monday, June 19, 2006, at 3:22 PM, Nara Hari wrote:
>>Thanks, Hari
>>
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> I''ve used it recently for edit views as well as new views with no 
> issues.
> 
> _Kevin

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Nara Hari wrote:
> My code in "_form.html" looks like:
> <p><label for="reseller_state_id">Reseller
Location</label><br/>
> <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :state, :state_name, {:size => 50} 
> %></p>
> 
> and in controller:
>   auto_complete_for :state, :state_name
Is the field on state called ''state_name'' or
''name'' ?

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state_name

_Hari

Alan Francis wrote:
> Nara Hari wrote:
> 
>> My code in "_form.html" looks like:
>> <p><label for="reseller_state_id">Reseller
Location</label><br/>
>> <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :state, :state_name, {:size =>
50}
>> %></p>
>> 
>> and in controller:
>>   auto_complete_for :state, :state_name
> 
> Is the field on state called ''state_name'' or
''name'' ?
> 
> Alan

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Nara Hari wrote:
> state_name
> 
> _Hari
> 
It could be that somethings getting confused there as, ISTR, the form 
field names use underscores to separate the object and field.

How hard (or easy) would it be for you to rename the column as
''name'' or
''statename'' and retry ?  Would there be much code to change ?

Note this is all supposition, so if it''s a lot of work, don''t
do it as
I''ve zero guarantee of success :-)

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It was not a big deal to change the column name, but I still couldn''t 
get it working in show/edit view.

How does your model & code for "_form.rhtml" looks like?

Thanks.

_Hari

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Nara Hari wrote:
> It was not a big deal to change the column name, but I still
couldn''t
> get it working in show/edit view.
> 
> How does your model & code for "_form.rhtml" looks like?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> _Hari
Sorry Hari,

I don''t have one, I''m working from memory while here at my
(Java) day
job.

A.

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On Monday, June 19, 2006, at 4:03 PM, Nara Hari wrote:
>Kevin Olbrich wrote:
>
>Hi Kevin,
>
>Thanks for the reply.
>
>My code in "_form.html" looks like:
><p><label for="reseller_state_id">Reseller
Location</label><br/>
><%= text_field_with_auto_complete :state, :state_name, {:size => 50}
>%></p>
>
>and in controller:
>  auto_complete_for :state, :state_name
>
>In my ''reseller'' model I have an ID for the state and the
ID is to be
>looked up from the "state" model.
>
>This code works fine in "new" action but doesn''t get the
default state
>name in edit/show action?
>
>How does your model look like? Is the usage any different?
>
>Thanks,Hari
>
>
What do you get when you do this...

<%= debug(@state) %>
in your _form.rhtml file

and call it with the ''new'' or ''show''
actions?


_Kevin

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Kevin Olbrich wrote:
> On Monday, June 19, 2006, at 4:03 PM, Nara Hari wrote:
>
> What do you get when you do this...
> 
> <%= debug(@state) %>
> in your _form.rhtml file
> 
> and call it with the ''new'' or ''show''
actions?
> 
> 
> _Kevin
When I add the debug statement I get nothing, only "---". What 
information should this bring...even in "new" it shows only the
hyphens.

_Hari


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On Monday, June 19, 2006, at 10:46 PM, Nara Hari wrote:
>Kevin Olbrich wrote:
>> On Monday, June 19, 2006, at 4:03 PM, Nara Hari wrote:
>>
>> What do you get when you do this...
>>
>> <%= debug(@state) %>
>> in your _form.rhtml file
>>
>> and call it with the ''new'' or
''show'' actions?
>>
>>
>> _Kevin
>
>When I add the debug statement I get nothing, only "---". What
>information should this bring...even in "new" it shows only the
hyphens.
>
>_Hari
>
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Your @state variable is probably not being set properly by the  
controller.  This would explain why the autocomplete is failing.

load a default or create a blank one.

_Kevin

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