That is fine, though you could make it more 'RESTful' by adding it as a
nested resource. You can read about that
here<http://railscasts.com/episodes/139-nested-resources>.
The RailsCast is a little old, but you should get the idea.
With respect to your current problem, what is the url you are using in your
js?
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 5:23 PM, akshar jamgaonkar <
akshar.jamgaon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Iam sorry i didnt get you.......... i have created a new action for the
> ajax stuff is this approach wrong..... This is how my states controller is
>
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> class StatesController < ApplicationController
> # GET /states
> # GET /states.json
> def index
> @states = State.all
>
> respond_to do |format|
> format.html # index.html.erb
> format.json { render json: @states }
> end
> end
>
> # GET /states/1
> # GET /states/1.json
> def show
> @state = State.find(params[:id])
>
> respond_to do |format|
> format.html # show.html.erb
> format.json { render json: @state }
> end
> end
>
> # GET /states/new
> # GET /states/new.json
> def new
> @state = State.new
> respond_to do |format|
> format.html # new.html.erb
> format.json { render json: @state }
> end
> end
>
> # GET /states/1/edit
> def edit
> @state = State.find(params[:id])
> end
>
> # POST /states
> # POST /states.json
> def create
> @state = State.new(params[:state])
>
> respond_to do |format|
> if @state.save
> format.html { redirect_to @state, notice: 'State was successfully
> created.' }
> format.json { render json: @state, status: :created, location:
> @state }
> else
> format.html { render action: "new" }
> format.json { render json: @state.errors, status:
> :unprocessable_entity }
> end
> end
> end
>
> def countries_state
> @state = State.find("country_id = :c_id",{:c_id => params[:country]})
> respond_to do |format|
> format.html
> format.js
> end
> end
>
> # PUT /states/1
> # PUT /states/1.json
> def update
> @state = State.find(params[:id])
>
> respond_to do |format|
> if @state.update_attributes(params[:state])
> format.html { redirect_to @state, notice: 'State was successfully
> updated.' }
> format.json { head :ok }
> else
> format.html { render action: "edit" }
> format.json { render json: @state.errors, status:
> :unprocessable_entity }
> end
> end
> end
>
> # DELETE /states/1
> # DELETE /states/1.json
> def destroy
> @state = State.find(params[:id])
> @state.destroy
>
> respond_to do |format|
> format.html { redirect_to states_url }
> format.json { head :ok }
> end
> end
> end
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Aziz Bookwala <aziz.bookw...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Make sure ur using the currect URL for the new action.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 5:18 PM, akshar jamgaonkar <
>> akshar.jamgaon...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yea it looks like this...
>>>
>>>
>>> match "/states/countries_state/:country_id" => "states#countries_state"
>>>
>>> resources :clients
>>>
>>> resources :skill_sets
>>>
>>> resources :technologies
>>>
>>> resources :level_of_contacts
>>>
>>> resources :states
>>>
>>> resources :discounts
>>>
>>> resources :countries
>>>
>>> resources :roles
>>>
>>> get "home/index"
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Aziz Bookwala
>>> <aziz.bookw...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Make sure this route comes before the route entry for the country
>>>> resource.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 5:12 PM, akshar jamgaonkar <
>>>> akshar.jamgaon...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yes i have added....it looks like this
>>>>>
>>>>> match "/states/countries_state/:country_id" => "states#countries_state"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Aziz Bookwala <aziz.bookw...@gmail.com
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Did you add a route for this new action?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 5:08 PM, akshar jamgaonkar <
>>>>>> akshar.jamgaon...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks Aziz....... I have wriiten a countries_state action and in
>>>>>>> states controller, and in application.js i have modified the path like
>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>> var country_states_path = '/states/countries_state/'; however on
>>>>>>> console its giving me eroor like
>>>>>>> <pre>Couldn't find State with id=countries_state</pre> ... Iam
>>>>>>> struggling to find what;s going wrong as iam pretty new to all
>>>>>>> this...thanks a lot all of you for your help......
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Aziz Bookwala <
>>>>>>> aziz.bookw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hey AJ
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, to serve any request made by your client, you would need
>>>>>>>> something on the server to handle the request.
>>>>>>>> As for rendering the dropdown, this is a pretty simple thing to do
>>>>>>>> with jQuery. Look around, you should find something quite easily.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 5:01 PM, akshar jamgaonkar <
>>>>>>>> akshar.jamgaon...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hey Aziz,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> really thanks for you repl..........so do i need to write a
>>>>>>>>> controller action that would return me the states depending on the
>>>>>>>>> country
>>>>>>>>> and how do i render the state drop down in Cilent Form...Thanks....
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> AJ
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Aziz Bookwala <
>>>>>>>>> aziz.bookw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hey AJ
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> In your ajax call, you need to pass the id of the selected state
>>>>>>>>>> if you are using a nested resource url structure.
>>>>>>>>>> Your js would looks something like this:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> $(document).ready(function() {
>>>>>>>>>> var country_states_path = '/countries/:id/states;
>>>>>>>>>> $("#client_country_id").change(function() {
>>>>>>>>>> var state_id = $(this).val();
>>>>>>>>>> $.ajax({
>>>>>>>>>> type: "GET",
>>>>>>>>>> url: country_states_path.replace(":id", id),
>>>>>>>>>> success: function(data) {
>>>>>>>>>> // Code to populate cities
>>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>>> });
>>>>>>>>>> });
>>>>>>>>>> });
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Incase you are not using nested resources, you still need to pass
>>>>>>>>>> the state_id that was selected currently. Using the below js, in your
>>>>>>>>>> controller, the state id would be available as params[:state]
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> $(document).ready(function() {
>>>>>>>>>> var country_states_path = '/states/';
>>>>>>>>>> $("#client_country_id").change(function() {
>>>>>>>>>> var country_id = $(this).val();
>>>>>>>>>> $.ajax({
>>>>>>>>>> type: "GET",
>>>>>>>>>> data: {country: country_id},
>>>>>>>>>> url: country_states_path,
>>>>>>>>>> success: function(data) {
>>>>>>>>>> // Code to populate cities
>>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>>> });
>>>>>>>>>> });
>>>>>>>>>> });
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 12:42 PM, AJ
>>>>>>>>>> <akshar.jamgaon...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Hassan,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I am Bit of a novoice to this...... iam nt sure wether this is
>>>>>>>>>>> correct
>>>>>>>>>>> approach...in my application.js file i have wriiten
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> $(document).ready(function() {
>>>>>>>>>>> $("#client_country_id").change(function() {
>>>>>>>>>>> $.ajax({
>>>>>>>>>>> type: "GET",
>>>>>>>>>>> url: '/states/1',
>>>>>>>>>>> success: function(data) {
>>>>>>>>>>> // Code
>>>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>>>> });
>>>>>>>>>>> });
>>>>>>>>>>> });
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> and my clients form has state feidl like this
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> <div class="field row odd">
>>>>>>>>>>> <%= f.label :state1 %>
>>>>>>>>>>> <%= f.select 'state_id', State.find(:all).collect{|s|
>>>>>>>>>>> [s.name,s.id]} %>
>>>>>>>>>>> </div>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> now i want to pass the country id and ftecth state depending on
>>>>>>>>>>> it..... do i include the above div in a prtial and what to write
>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>> the state controller.....
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On May 2, 7:14 pm, Hassan Schroeder <hassan.schroe...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 7:06 AM, akshar jamgaonkar
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > <akshar.jamgaon...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> > > i have gone through this but it has an example where
>>>>>>>>>>> Javascript has been
>>>>>>>>>>> > > used , i want to use AJAX and JQuery,
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > So what's the problem? What have you tried so far, and how did
>>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>> > not work?
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > --
>>>>>>>>>>> > Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroe...
>>>>>>>>>>> @gmail.comhttp://about.me/hassanschroeder
>>>>>>>>>>> > twitter: @hassan
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