easiest option: put the whole table (or table row depending on your needs) into a partial and then replace the table (or rows) with a new instance of the partial.
there are various ways to trigger an ajax request - again, this depends on your needs checkout: link_to_remote: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/PrototypeHelper.html#M001930 observe_field: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/PrototypeHelper.html#M001939 observe_form: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/PrototypeHelper.html#M001940 If the controller action deals with more than one format (eg. html and js) then you should use the respond_to method. Otherwise, def my_ajax_action @content = # new content for your table replace "id_of_table", render(:partial => "partial_name", :locals => {:content => @content } ) end Hope that helps? Gavin http://handyrailstips.com On Jul 6, 2:53 am, JannaB <mistressja...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I have a view that has a <table> element in it that I want to update > via ajax, so that the view is not refreshed. The number of rows I have > will be variable, expanding and contracting, and each row is an > element in an array of hashes for each cell in the row. > > How do you typically do something like this in RoR? All the examples I > see are for the Scriptaculus kinds of things (autocompete, etc) but > what about something like this. How would you begin to tackle it? > Thanks, Janna B --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
