@Rick: If you're going to cross-post (and I understand why you would want to), best to just point people at the new thread rather than reposting the entire question. We're trying to move *away* from this group, remember.
@All: The thread is here: http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous/browse_thread/thread/1364afb7bca58888 -- T.J. Crowder tj / crowder software / com On Jul 8, 11:56 am, "Rick DeNatale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I posted this to the new Prototype Scriptaculous group yesterday, but > realized that someone with suggestions might not have made the switch. > > I'd appreciate any ideas. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rick DeNatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 2:56 PM > Subject: Can't figure out why Javascript is executing in one ajax request > > but not another. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I've run out of ideas on this one. > > I've got two rails controllers which are sharing some partials and ajax > code. > > One partial generates a pair of select elements one for country, and another > for timezones. It also generates an observer with: > <%= observe_field @user.dom_id('country_code'), > :url => {:action => > 'ajax_update_timezone_select_with_new_zones_for_selected_country', > :timezoneable_type => 'User', > :timezoneable_id => @user.id}, :method => :get, :with => > 'country_code' %> > > The ajax_update_timezone_select_with_new_zones_for_selected_country action > is defined in a module mixed in to both controllers. It renders an rjs > template in which I've added an alert for debugging purposes: > > page << 'alert("done");' > page.replace @entity.dom_id('timezone'), :partial => > '/mixins/timezone/timezone_select', :locals => {:country_code => > @country_code} > > Now this works find in one controller, when I make a selection in the > country_code selection list the observer fires, the alert comes up, and the > timezone list is updated. > > In the other controller the observer fires, the same response comes back, > but nothing happens! No alert, no update. > > Firebug, shows the same response in both cases. I've tried this both in > Firefox and Safari and it seems browser independent. > > I've gone so far as to cut and paste what firebug is showing in the console > along with the script tags for the observer, saving to two files and doing a > diff between the two, and the only things which is changing are timestamps, > and the hostname. > > The hostname changes because we use different virtual hostnames to provide > contexts in our app. However, as far as I can tell the hostname is > consistent between each response request pair, and the page containing the > partial. > > Any ideas on why Javascript is being executed in one case and thrown away in > the other? > > -- > Rick DeNatale > > My blog on Rubyhttp://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ > > -- > Rick DeNatale > > My blog on Rubyhttp://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-spinoffs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
