similar to: pass values with autocomplete textfield

hi, i have a situation where i have a list of options from which a user selects his options if its not in the list he/she selects Others/Not Present and a new textfield should pop up and the data entered there should be considered instead of dropdown. i have done this using javascript/dhtml but i was wondering how this can be done using pure rails i.e using some of the RoR apis?. i would

hi, i have a situation where i have a list of options from which a user selects his options if its not in the list he/she selects Others/Not Present and a new textfield should pop up and the data entered there should be considered instead of dropdown. i have done this using javascript/dhtml but i was wondering how this can be done using pure rails i.e using some of the RoR apis?. i would

Is there a way to have a textfield helper format the displayed field? I''d like to invoke the number_to_currency method on the number that get''s displayed, but I can''t figure out how to do it. I tried: <%= text_field ''product'', number_to_currency(''price'') %> and that didn''t seem to work... Will I just have to use

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, {} %>

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 <

Hey everybody, I am using text field with autocomplete in my posts new action. That works great. Response from autocompleter in firebug: POST http://localhost:3001/posts/auto_complete_for_tag_name 200 OK 68ms but if I use the same in edit action it fails and I got this error. POST http://localhost:3001/posts/781/auto_complete_for_tag_name 404 Not Found 81ms *** POSTS controller: *** def

Is it supposed to do that? I find it very confusing. AR 3.0.10 class Unit has_many :units, :finder_sql => proc { "SELECT * FROM `#{table_name}` WHERE `location_id`=#{id} AND `location_type`=#{Location::UNIT}" } end Both should return []. However... >> Unit.first.units.find([1000000]) [2011-09-27 10:05:11|main|debug] Unit Load (4.0ms) SELECT `units`.* FROM `units`

Hey all, im not sure where to set a default value if a textfield is empty? For now i do it in the controller, and check if the submitted parameter is blank. But this seems not to be the best solution... Thanks for your help! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

The setup: class Location::Base < ActiveRecord::Base set_table_name :locations ... end class Location::Address < Location::Base ... end class Location::Airport < Location::Base ... end class Person < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :location, :polymorphic => true, :class_name => "Location::Base" ... end I want a unidirectional belongs_to relationship. That

I have two text_field_with_auto_complete text_field_with_auto_complete :user, :state text_field_with_auto_complete :user, :suburb The user fills in the text_field_with autocomplete... but then I want to filter the results in the suburb with the value they''ve just entered def auto_complete_for_user_suburb @suburbs = PostCode.find(:all, :conditions => ["lower(locality)

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

All, I''m trying to get autocomplete to work for the first time. I''m not sure if I''m doing this right or not. I have a table where one of the fields is a employees name. I expect a relatively small collection of person''s names will be used. I created a simple employees table with just 2 fields: id, and name. Then in my main table I added a employee_id field

I want to use autocomplete (text_field_with_auto_complete) to update several field s if a match is found. I.e. a user types something in the autocomplete field, a match is found, the application then goes and fetches some more values from the database and populates some fields on the form based on the match found. Has anybody done anything like this? Any advice very much appreciated. Many

Hi All, I''m new to ruby on rails and I struggle with a problem in my first application. I searched the forum (and ofcourse google) but I think it is just an easy thing that nobody boughters to write down :) I am building a kind of library application for (fysical) books and e-books and later I want to add other functions like knowledge management. The problem: in the book show page

Good day. Currently I have a system that will successfully add a row to a table. Each row in this table will represent a new product being added to a purchase order. The user can enter a quantity and then select a product code. The product code is the auto_complete field. This field works. However, once the user selects a product code then the values for the product description, buy price, and

If I am using the autocomplete plugin, and I have a text field specified in a form that incorporates autocomplete, such as: <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :doctor, :organization, :autocomplete => "off" %> how can I put javascript event handlers to if (e.g. keypress, onchange, etc.) ? WHat I really want to do is call a method in my controller if either: 1. The text field is

I''m trying to implement Autocomplete on my site and allow customers to search for restaurants by name or city all from one search box. I can''t seem how to get one edit field to interact with Autocomplete from multiple controllers. I can add the appropriate code into the controllers to allow access on the page, but how would I modify: <% text_field_with_auto_complete

Q. What resource do readers recommend for referencing regarding best practices for form construction in Rails? I have the following situation: location_type of Locations may have one of five (5) possible codes. Presently I have these codes listed in a drop-down select constructed thusly: <p> <b>Location type</b><br /> <%= f.select :location_type,

Hi, I''m hitting a bump with the form_remote_tag, and wondering if anyone can help.. SO i''m trying to implement a tag-based search on a site and using routes, I can enter a url such as http://localhost/tag/query , which calls an action ''search'', and returns all the posts which are tagged with the word ''query''.. fine... In the

I''m not that familiar with Ajax, so there is a good chance that I''m doing something incredibly stupid, but here is the issue. I have a search form that will display results on submit using Ajax callbacks and cool effects. Here is the operation that I would like -User enters data - On submit of the form, the spinner shows - If there is an error, the error div is shown and