similar to: Two Autocompletes, make first value affect the second

I''m trying to humanize() the results that appear in the autocomplet drop down list. First i customised the controller. In the render line on the controller it is saying "i want to use locality on each of the @items". So locality is what i want to humanize". My ideas so far is to: Customise the PostCode object so that when auto_complete_result trys to call

Hello everyone! I have 3 models: === 1 === class Region < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :districts end === 2 === class District < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :region has_many :suburbs end === 3 === class Suburb < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :district validates_numericality_of :region_id, :only_integer => true end In edit.rhtml for SuburbController I need to specify

hello rubys, i got a problem with the text_field_with_auto_complete(). everthing''s working but unfortunately the items (which are for choosing) are filled into the input=text in a way that is unacceptable. the first 6 characzers are empty-spaces, than the item and at last 5 empty-spaces. doeas anybody know why? and maybe how to solve this problem? my code is following: view:

hello all, I am trying to get a customized text_field_with_auto_complete working where the generated dropdown will display not only the list of teams (first line), but also their city and country(second line). In my view, I have: <p> <label for="team_name">Team: </label> <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :team, :name, {}, :skip_style => true %>

I need a form where the user must enter a city name. I would like to use an autocomplete_field for the city name, so I have the following code in my view: <%= text_field_with_auto_complete ''entry'', ''city_name'', :size => 40 %> and in my controller I have the method: def auto_complete_for_entry_city_name @cities = City.find(:all,

Hi, I often find myself using bits of code like this inside ActiveRecord, perhaps it''s useful for others, or others can improve on it: ########### # fix user input before validating it before_validation :sanitize_input # santize input before actual validation is called # this uses the little methods defined below def sanitize_input trim %w(adres postcode woonplaats email naam

Hi, I''m trying to implement a search feature on my blog: http://not.justco.de. It works nicely in Firefox and Safari, but not in Internet Explorer. This is the code in my _search.rhtml: <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :post, :title %> This is in the controller: def auto_complete_for_post_title @results = Post.find(:all, :conditions => [ ''LOWER(title) LIKE

Used a great howto @ http://iamrice.org/articles/2005/12/09/using-google-maps-in-the-uk-with-rails for using google maps on uk sites. Just having one issue I can''t seem to work out how to draw the postcode from my table I keep getting hit by method errors. The controller is require ''postcode_2_latlong'' postcode = Postcode.new("TN22 2LG") # I want this to

I am trying to create a new variable which uses the suburb names if HR and HRRES are the same but which uses HRRES if they are different. Any assistance would be appreciated as my brain has just packed up. I'm not sure I can teach myself anymore new tricks this afternoon. HR HRRES SUBURB What I am trying to get 954 Wheatbelt

Hi, I''m pretty new to ruby and rails, so apologies if this has been covered before (I couldn''t find a thread on it). I want to retrieve a count of records held in the DB for every distinct value of an attribute. E.g. given a class Address with a postcode field, I would like to retrieve an array of ValueCount objects. The ValueCount object would hold the value retrieved from

In the sample program below I have a form of 6 text fields, in a scrolling window, followed by a row of function buttons. Problems: 1) For data entry purposes I''d like the function buttons NOT to be entered by pressing Tab keys, and retain their ''clickability'', but when the user Tab''s out of the last scrolling field (postcode) to have the form scroll to the

The Problem ----------- After using a join in my find the id attributes set in my Entity objects are wrong! It is setting the Entity id to the value from Postcode id! The Code -------- entities = Entity.find(:all, :conditions => [...omited...], :joins => "as e inner join postcodes as pc on substring_index(e.postcode,'' '', 1) =

Hi everybody, I''d like to add a custom action to be triggered after/when an autocompleted field has been/is beeing updated by the autocompletion process. I tried the obvious - a field observer -, but it doesn''t work (see code below). I know I could write the autocompletion code myself, but I wonder if there is a simpler/more elegant way? Any idea? TIA Alain The

Hi, I have a tricky question about text_field_with_auto_complete. I''ve created an admin section for a database of books and on each page there is a form at the top with a single search field on the title of books. So I''ve used: <%= start_form_tag ({:controller => ''books'', :action => ''edit'' }) %> <label

Hi, I want to know which of the two methods, auto_complete_field and text_field_with_auto_complete best suits what I am trying to do. I have a model class called search (which doen''t extend ActiveRecord) which holds two parameters, category_string and postcode_string. I want my form to bind its values to these to values. I also want the category input to be an auto complete field

I''ve asked this in various ways but I can''t seem to get much traction - my guess is because not many people are doing this. I am working in a controller/views called placements. Placements belongs_to :client I have a clients model/table - clients has_many :placements in placements/find...this works fine... <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :placement, :clwholename, {} %>

Hi there, I''ve got the following in my model: validates_format_of :postcode, :with => /^([a-zA-Z]{1,2}[0-9]{1,2} [0-9]{1}[a-zA-Z]{2})$/, :message => "is not valid", :if => :postcode ... but it''s not working - it always insists on validation, even if postcode is empty. Basically, the postcode field is optional, but if it''s filled in, I want to

I have an autocomplete field with road names (looking up in a database with approx. 100,000 road names). To limit the number of roads, i want an extra input field where to put postal code. I''m currently using <%= text_field_with_auto_complete %> for the field. What is the best way in Rails to intercept the Ajax call and send the value of the postal_code field? (I guess I could do

Hi, I''m trying to get autocomplete to work but have been having some problems. It seems that Ajax.Autocompleter(...) is not getting called. I''ve put in a alert in control.js: Autocompleter.Local = Class.create(); Autocompleter.Local.prototype = Object.extend(new Autocompleter.Base(), { initialize: function(element, update, array, options) { window.alert("GOT

I have this code in my view: <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :client, :name %> when I submit new, y get: "client"=>{"name"=>"MSO"} I want to get: "repair_ticket"=>{"client_id"=>"??"} My models are class Client < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :repair_tickets end class RepairTicket <