Rails - Sep 2007 - Autocomplete with _id (if query exists), else create new

Hi guys, I''m trying to wrap my head around the rails
autocompletion-functionality. I''m building a simple form for creating
tasks, in which I would like to substitute a dropdown-list consisting of
a collection of projects for an autocomplete-field.

The completed project should be added with the task.project_id. Also, if
task is submitted with a project that isn''t in the database, I would
like a new project to be created and use the newly created project_id
for the task.

This is where I''m at now. The form in my view looks like this:

<% form_remote_tag :url => { :action => ''newtask'' },
:update =>
''task_list'' do %>

<p>
  Task: <%= text_field ''task'',
''description'' %>
  Project: <%= text_field_with_auto_complete ''task'',
''project'' %>
  <%= submit_tag "New task!" %>
</p>

<% end %>

and my controller looks like this:

@newtask = Task.new
@projects = Project.find(:all)
@tasks = Task.find(:all)
@task.project = @params[:project][:name]

I''ve added the include javascript snippet in my layout and the
"auto_complete_for :task, :project" in my . I know I''m
missing both the
_id-connection and the create a new project. I figure that it should
probably be solved on a controller-level, but I don''t know where to
start... Does anyone have any pointers on how I should progress from
here?

Any help is much appreciated!
-- 
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Ruby on Rails: Talk" group.
To post to this group, send email to
rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

On Sep 25, 2007, at 9:40 AM, Gus Vs wrote:
> Hi guys, I''m trying to wrap my head around the rails
> autocompletion-functionality. I''m building a simple form for
creating
> tasks, in which I would like to substitute a dropdown-list  
> consisting of
> a collection of projects for an autocomplete-field.
>
> The completed project should be added with the task.project_id.  
> Also, if
> task is submitted with a project that isn''t in the database, I
would
> like a new project to be created and use the newly created project_id
> for the task.
Have a look at model_auto_completer:

   http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/model_auto_completer

It maintains the project_id for you, and has an  
option :allow_free_text that allows the user to enter free text, in  
which case the project_id is set to the empty string. In the  
application a blank project_id means a project to be created.

-- fxn

Disclaimer: I am the author.


--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Ruby on Rails: Talk" group.
To post to this group, send email to
rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---