Rails - Dec 2007 - Text field magic?

I have a text field. It starts with an initial value from the
database. If it changes, I save it to the database. This works via
observe_field. The field cannot be blank, so if someone deletes the
contents of the field, I don''t save that value.

However, I also want to reset the field to the previous value (initial
value or previously saved value) and not leave it blank.

I have code to do this once. But if the field is emptied a second
time, I cannot get the handler to refresh the field.

Any ideas why it does not work the second time? Or perhaps it is
working but putting in a null value?

						<%= observe_field(
						 		field,
								:url => { :action => ''update''},
								:update => ''message'',
								:with => field,
								:condition => "check(this)"
							)
						%>
						<%= observe_field(
						 		field,
								:with => field,
								:function => "refresh(this)"
							)
						%>

function check( input ) {
	var v = trim( input.getValue() );

	if (! v ) {
		return false;
	}

	return true;
}

function refresh( input ) {
	input.element.value = input.element.lastValue;
	input.element.visualEffect( "highlight",
		{duration: 2.5, queue: ''end''} );
}





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The problem seems to occur because the onchange handler does not fire.
Even though I set the field value back, the value is not "sticking,"
so the field thinks it contains a blank. Hence, when I select the text
and blank it again, no change, because blank = blank.

What do I need to do to properly reset the field back to a value so
the second blank differs from what''s there?



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