similar to: text_field_with_auto_complete part II (newbie question)

I have the text_field_with_auto_complete woking on my user DB using last_name. so looking for ''ivanoff'' works great, but I can''t find ''john''. Plus I like to have ''last_name, first_name'' show up in the dropdown. what I can''t figure out is how to concat first_name and last_name to make a name and use that to look it. working

I am having some trouble using `text_field_with_auto_complete'' in Firefox. For some reason, the drop-down list is being rendered behind other table elements. Firefox (broken): http://schema.ca/broke.png Safari: http://schema.ca/safari_works.png I''m wondering if anyone is aware of this problem, and what I might be able to do to work around it? Thanks, -Mike

I have apache2 - mongrel 0.3.13.3-mswin32 running, on a server 2000 pc, by folowing the ''Serving Multiple Rails Applications on Windows with Apache and Mongrel'' ( http://tinyurl.com/z9ftz ) the question I have is why is why is http://localhost/myapp/ addded to the front of all my links and how can I stop it? origanal link using webrick /employees/edit/1214 now

I''d like to monitor a folder and when someone drops a file in there I can take the files name and add it to a database. My dream is to have a folder always being watched. and if someone drops a file or folders with files into that watched folder, I take the filename(s) and insert them into a db and if the files are in folder I use the folder name(s) as tags for that file. make sense?

I am going nuts here.. I have a form where users can write a city name (used with auto_complete) - and once they click on the desired city in the dropdown menu - I would like to have the Country field filled automatically as well... Is this possible at all ? If so, can somebody please tell me where I can find some documentation on the subject, or preferrably an example ? Many thanks in

from the rails recipes i have a has_many through "working". I can list a user and what magazines he subscribes to. but I can''t seem to figure out how to get the other attributes from subscriptions. (like last_renewed_on) reader_controller.rb def list_reader @readers = Reader.find(1) end ---------- list_readers.rhtml <dl> <dt><%= readers.name %> </dt>

Hi list! I have a little question about groups and Asterisk ... is there anyone out there that can say if Asterisk can do any of this; We have a customer that want call handling we cant give him with a traditional PBX, and I'm running Asterisk @home so I thought I could give it a try ... The customer wants that incoming call should go to one group with some phones in it, if the group is

Hi everyone, I hope someone can help with some RadRails guidance... ( on WIndows XP ) I''ve been using UltraEdit and it''s Project management is good, but I feel RadRails should be better with the inbuild Ruby and RoR features... I''ve tried working through the tutorials on the web site for example the CookBook tutorial & it tells me to go the Generators Pane, which

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

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

Dear all: I got the error in my rails 2.2.2 project on ma os x leopard. i did as follow: script/plugin install auto_complete but when i start the server and try to approach the page which used the auto_complete, it can''t find the helper method as the error told: "undefined method `text_field_with_auto_complete'' ", than i try this in script/console helper.methods i

Folks, I am trying to upgrade code base from 1.3.x to 2.3.2 and not surprisingly, lot of things are broken. ''text_field_with_auto_complete'' is not working for me - it gives the following error: ActionView::TemplateError (undefined method `text_field_with_auto_complete'' for #<ActionView::Base: 0x7f0ceb6b8290>) I already have installed auto_complete - ruby

Hi, I''m wondering if it is possible to pass an extra value (which I will use to further restrict my query) using text_field_with_auto_complete? Any suggestions would be appreciated! -Mike

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:

Good day. I have searched on the net and through the archives to now avail as of yet. I have a text_field_with_auto_complete that searches for company names. These company names obviously can have an ''&'' in the name of the company (example Barnes & Nobel). The auto complete works beautifully. However, the problem arises when I pass the name of the company to the

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 %>

First let me say that Im very new to rails, but Im a solid PHP programmer & Im very much enjoying the transition and working with such a nice framework. That said, Ive had my ups and downs over the past few weeks, such is to be expected as part of the learning process, but Ive run into a sort of brick wall, at least for my experience level. I am using the acts_as_taggable plugin in

I am seeing a problem with text_field_with_auto_complete in which the input does not get populated with the selected value, but only in firefox (1.5.0.4). Works in IE just fine. I have a super-simple mockup that shows this problem below. Can anyone please confirm for me that this does/does not work in firefox or point out my mistake? I''m wondering if I need to submit a bug? The example

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,