similar to: Periodically Call Remote Condition

When I do periodically_call_remote with e.g. :frequency => 30 after initial page load I have to wait 30 seconds until this partial renders first time. Does anybody know how to make ROR to render partial on web page load, and then start periodic calls every 30 seconds? I tried to put <div id=''mydiv''><%= render(:partial, :action=>''myaction'')

Hi guys, it''s me again, Just wanted to ask, what technique can you use to call a def inside your controller while clicking on a div? thanks, Bing -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi guys, Am having a problem. I have this def in my index controller that works like this: def do_something $a = variable1 $b = variable2 $c = variable3 $d = ""<script language=\"Javascript\"> \n new Insertion.Bottom(''#{$c}'', ''#{$a} - #{$b}''); \n </script>" $trigger = "1" render(:partial =>

Hi everyone. : ) I meet problem when use form tag in actionmailer. (content-type is text/html, surely) I want to use form action in actionmailer''s view (.rhtml) for some reason. 1. I use start_form_tag helper method as normally, but how I can ? I did <%= start_form_tag :action => "http://myhostname/mycontroller/myaction" %> or <%= start_form_tag :action =>

Is there a way to render a partial using a button? Basically in a content div I want the user to launch a new sub content item in the same div by clicking a button. Any help appreciated. Loving rails more and more everyday. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Pretty simple question right? can''t seem to figure it out. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi, I''m new to Ruby on Rails (and Ruby itself). So far, I''ve been able to find answers to most of my questions in the docs or mailing lists. One thing I haven''t been able to find the answer to is how to stop a periodically_call_remote call. My first Rails app is going to be a front-end for our Ant-based build system at work. While the build is running,

Hi guys, I''ve been able to successfully install the postgres adapter for a remote database machine to get rails up. My machine is running on Fedora 2. Rails version 1.1.2. Is my yml config correct? I am getting this error when I execute script/generate scaffold service_contents content : exists app/controllers/ exists app/helpers/ create app/views/spiel exists

I posted this ealier on the web forums but noticed a similar question about this function and one user responded to try this list instead. If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate your suggestions. Q: Is there a way to use periodically_call_remote to run just one time instead of every '':frequency'' seconds? I tried putting the call inside the div container thinking it

Hello I am using ''periodically_call_remote'' to get some stats from database and display it every N seconds, it''s works fine, but when I rewriting (by page.replace ...) content of the DIV which contains ''periodically_call_remote'' definition request are still executing... How to fix this confuse? Thanks in advance.

Wow, I can''t believe that after a few weeks of playing around with Rails I got stuck on something that seems like it should be really simple. How do I display a default welcome page for visitors who are not logged in and send logged in users to the appropriate controller. I am using the login_engine and the user_engine. The two methods I have seen looking at sample code are to stick a

Hi guys, I am need to help again. Sorry for the newbie query but would definitely appreciate the help. Here''s the q: I generate a list of items from the database and render them out with a checkbox beside them. A user may click more than one item and I would want to save all checked items into another table. I have been able to give each checkbox a unique id . Would anyone be able

Hi guys, just wanted to ask, on the onset of our page, we generate several div''s. What we noticed on an intermittent connection is that several divs don''t get to generate all the div''s sometimes so we had to reload our page. Would you have any technique on how we can do this? thanks bing -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi guys, I have another question, we have this line on our .rb code: @variable = params [:user][:bird] I need to be able to change the 2nd field into a variable because it is a changing valuename, I was wondering if you had any trick for that. Meaning I need to make [:bird] into [:dog] or [:cat]... It''s proven really tricky for me to get it to change I wonder if you guys had any

Hi guys, Another question from a newbie. I need to update a div on my page which gets updated regularly. So what I''ve done is to create a hidden field which technically just contains the user_id. This field doesn''t change. I was planning of pulling that text field user_id data and putting it into params but it keeps on giving me a nil value. Is there a technique I could

Hi all, I wonder if it is somehow possible to execture or redirect to a controller function from RJS? Right now I do: def foo() render :partial => ''executeagain'' end _executeagain.rhtml <script> new Ajax.Updater(''elmntID'', ''/test/foo/'', {evalScripts:true}); </script> This will loop I know :) How can I achieve the same

Morning/Afternoon/Evening All, This is my first post to the ruby message board so if my request is better suited to another location just let me know, The problem I keep coming up against is with a listing of objects and updating that list via AJAX (for arguments we are talking about a list of users). As it stands I can currently submit a form, and update the list (using :update

Hi guys, I have a form with 10 fields and was wondering how you can pass multiple values and saving them into your database using link_to_remote. Is it doable? thanks, Bing -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi, How do I make an image that is a clickable link the rails way? Is there a view helper for this? Thanks, Peter

Hi guys, And I thought it wasn''t a problem. Here''s my string "/var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/httpdocs/public/file/mypic.jpg" How do i take out all the text that comes before "mypic.jpg"? Trickier than I first thought. TIA, Bing -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.