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All, After a POST, I want to be able to redisplay a view with the data that was previously entered when my controller action notices a validation failure and calls render on the view that does the submit. Example: View x.rhtml - text field is filled in Call controller action Controller action fails validation calls render (:action => ''x'') x.rthml shows up with blank text

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I want to build a simple calculator with 1 form and a results page. The form will be redisplayed with an error message upon an invalid value entered. I won''t be using any database/active record for this. The problem i have is when i return to the form page i want to redisplay the values already entered in the form fields. Should i use text_field (which seems to be tied to a model) or

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Hi people. I need your help here, please. I have a rails 3.0.9 app, and I''m using Ajax to save some records to the database. To achieve this, I use a jquery modal form, but one of the fields is a datepicker, and if I click on it to display the calendar it doesn''t work. The thing is, I press submit without fill all the fields, so, my custom validations were shown, telling me

Hi all, I''m trying to take the standard scaffold and add a bit for ajax to it. I have a two column page with the list on the left and the right side is reserved for the create/edit actions. On a successful save my rjs executes and updates the list view on the left and returns the right side to a "home" page. However, if one of the model validations fail I use rjs ro

Hi everyone, I''m working on an file upload page that uses an ajax progress bar (http://sean.treadway.info/demo/upload/). I''ve also got validation on the uploads (must be a certain file size/mime type etc). When uploads pass validation - all is dandy. But when they fail - I can''t work out how to redisplay the form with the flash error messages (that normally appear