If you're set on doing the ajax through jQuery try adding this to your page and watch the console logs in firebug (obviously replacing 'posts and 'index' with the route to the model and action you're polling):
// poll the posts index every 3000 milliseconds logging the response to the console. setInterval(function() { jQuery.getJSON('/posts/index', function(data) { console.log(data); }); }, 3000); This is a pretty crude approach but should illustrate the basics of getting jquery talking to rails. This does make a request for JSON but there really isn't any reason you should be using XML over JSON at this point. Hope that helps. On May 21, 5:09 pm, Ralph Shnelvar <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > Is there a simple example of me issuing an XMLHttpRequest and a rails > app responding ... without all the Prototype overhead. > > All I want to do is send an XHR and have the Rails app deliver an XML > document back. > > I have searched ... Does anyone nkow of a decent example? > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > 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-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- 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-t...@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.