I'm new to Prototype, and I'm trying to use AJAX to update divs inthe background, pulling data from a database. I've got Ajax.Updater to work with the output of a form, but I'm having difficulty with adpting it for use with a link. Basically, I have a list of words produced by the db, each of them a clickable link, and when I click on the word I want the context of the word (likewise drawn from the db) to come up in a div below the list.
What I have at the minute: *calling page:* <div><a href="javascript:void(0);" class='textword' id='myword1' onclick="get_word()">myword1</a></div> <div><a href="javascript:void(0);" class='textword' id='myword2' onclick="get_word()">myword2</a> <div id="output">[Results appear here.]</div> <script> function get_word() { new Ajax.Updater ( 'output', 'mylist.php', { method: 'get', parameters: { word: $(this).attr("id") } } ); } </script> * mylist.php:* [db connection stuff] $word=trim($_GET['word']); $sql=query("select * from mytable where word~'$word';"); while ($row=pg_fetch_object($sql)) { echo $context."<br />"; } Run by itself, mylist.php gives the results I want, so I think I haven't got the right invocation for the link, but after several hours searching and experimenting, I have to ask! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/prototype-scriptaculous/-/z616OxDuu6oJ. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.