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I would like to pass the value selected in a select statement back so that I can use it in the controller, through using a remote_function call, and I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong: view rhtml: <select id="widgets_id" name="widgets[id]" onchange="<%= remote_function( :update => "parts", :url=> { :action => :loadParts } )

I am new to ruby and rails and am unsure how to accomplish the following: I''d like to have a page where the user enters a value in a form field and have results stream into a results div on the page. Additionally, I want to: - Not limit the result set - Allow user to get immediate feedback on what they have entered - Allow user to change field contents as results are appearing - Have

The documentation states as an example: select("post", "person_id", Person.find_all.collect {|p| [ p.name, p.id ] }, { :include_blank => true }) could become: <select name="post[person_id]"> <option></option> <option value="1" selected="selected">David</option> <option