Rails - Jul 2009 - text_field_with_auto_complete

I need to pass a parameter in my text_field_with_auto_complete and am
struggling to discover how to do this. I have something like this:

<%= text_field_with_auto_complete ''user'',
''username'', {}, {:with =>
"''post=''@company_title.id"} %>

but because it is in a partial that pops as a result from a
remote_function_tag, I am having trouble seeing the html to know if this
is even working. In any event, it is not giving me back what I want.

Is there a way to pass parameters to the auto_complete_for method?

Thanks,

-S
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Hi Shandy,

On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 21:34 +0200, Shandy Nantz wrote:
> I need to pass a parameter in my text_field_with_auto_complete 
What''s the parameter supposed to do?  What are you trying to
accomplish?

Bill

bill walton wrote:
> Hi Shandy,
> 
> On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 21:34 +0200, Shandy Nantz wrote:
>> I need to pass a parameter in my text_field_with_auto_complete 
> 
> What''s the parameter supposed to do?  What are you trying to
accomplish?
> 
> Bill
Well, I have an auto_complete to get users names, and in other forms it 
works great. This auto_complete, however, it first asks the user to 
select an account and then pull all the users from that account, so the 
parameter that I need to pass is the id to the account to populate that 
list.
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On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 22:08 +0200, Shandy Nantz wrote:
> bill walton wrote:
> > Hi Shandy,
> > 
> > On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 21:34 +0200, Shandy Nantz wrote:
> >> I need to pass a parameter in my text_field_with_auto_complete 
> > 
> > What''s the parameter supposed to do?  What are you trying to
accomplish?
> > 
> > Bill
> 
> Well, I have an auto_complete to get users names, and in other forms it 
> works great. This auto_complete, however, it first asks the user to 
> select an account and then pull all the users from that account, so the 
> parameter that I need to pass is the id to the account to populate that 
> list.
Ah.  Ok.  It''s been a while since I used auto_complete and
haven''t
tested this, but it should point you in the right general direction.
First though, note that everything after the first two parameters is
interpreted as elements of a hash.  You don''t need the {} notation. 
The
items that can appear in that hash are the parameters to
ActiveRecord::Base#find.  IIRC auto_complete just passes them through to
the find.  You''re wanting to supply the :conditions.  The syntax may be
wrong but I already warned you I haven''t tested it. ;-)

<%= text_field_with_auto_complete ''user'',
''username'', :conditions =>
["post = ?", @company_title.id] %>

HTH,
Bill