Okay... so after a bit more digging... I realized the javascript error I was getting from my rendered template occurred because of the line breaks in the template (not really sure why... but an easy fix). I did a gsub on all line breaks, and that seems to insert my row just fine.
I still have plenty of formatting to do, but I hope this was my last major hurdle. If you do have any more input on this issue (or thoughts on why I ran into my problems), please let me know. I would love to figure out what was going on,. Thanks for your help, Trish On Aug 5, 11:34 pm, Trish <[email protected]> wrote: > It's not the image that I'm concerned about coming from the server... > it's the data I want to present in the new row that will come from the > server. If I didn't need to find my object on click of the button, it > wouldn't be an issue, but I need to find the object referenced in the > row so I can dynamically create the data. > > Also, I do not believe this pertains to the plugin itself, the issue > occurs when I use the $.post function that is included with jQuery. > Even when I try an alert on the calls results, I get the [object > XMLHttpRequest] returned. > > Here's what I have so far that seems to at least present some HTML on > the screen (still haven't determined why it didn't work with my > earlier method) > > The original code called this: > oTable.fnOpen( nTr, fnFormatDetails(oTable, nTr), 'details' ); > > oTable represents my table and nTr represents the row I'm working > with. > fnFormatDetails ina function that in the original case creates static > html... but this is where I was trying to hit the server with the > $.post call. This fnOpen function came with the DataTables plugin and > it appends a <tr></tr> below the referenced row with the content > coming from fnFormatDetails. > > This would return my new row, but the content would be "[object > XMLHttpRequest] " instead of the view content. > > I exhausted Google on this... I couldn't even find anything similar to > my issue. Which makes me thing I'm missing something small and > obvious. > > However... since I could not get this working... I opted to append the > row in my action. So, instead of calling the oTable.fnOpen function, > I just call $.post to my action. In the action, I write something > like this... > render :update do |page| > > page["#my_id"].after(escape_javascript(render :partial=>"field_details")) > end > > This appends my row beautifully, except the html returned seems to be > over-escaped by the escape_javascript method. For example, my html > close tags return as "<\/td>", so the tags never end up closing. But > if I don't escape it, I get a javascript error saying "r is null". I > believe it is failing on one of my </tr> tags. > > I appreciate any guidance you can give me on this. I have been trying > to solve this sorting issue for days, now, with various methods... and > just when I feel like I'm close, I run into a wall. > > Thank you so much for your help! > Trish > > On Aug 5, 9:33 pm, Angel Robert Marquez <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Why hit the server again rather than have the initial response have the css > > class for the returned image you want to toggle set to display: none and > > modify the ui control to toggle the css class? > > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Angel Robert Marquez < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Do you want me to do all the research first and have the answers or do it > > > out loud like we did last time? > > > > I think the question might be better suited for the plugin developers. > > > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Trish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Okay, so I am very new to this jQuery stuff, and it seems like I'm > > >> just going round and round on this... so I'm hoping someone can help. > > > >> I have a table that will have a image on each row that when click, it > > >> adds a row with more details below the current row. The details will > > >> all be pulled from rails. > > > >> I am using the DataTables plugin for jQuery for my table and am basing > > >> my code off of this example: > > > >>http://datatables.net/examples/api/row_details.html > > > >> The example adds the row without going to the server, so I have > > >> modified fnFormatDetails to hit the server. > > > >> my modified code is this: > > > >> function fnFormatDetails ( oTable, nTr ) > > >> { > > >> return jQuery.post('<%= url_for :action=>"field_details" %>', {}, > > >> null, 'html'); > > >> } > > > >> I have also tried multiple variations of this, and can't get anything > > >> to work. > > > >> I am hitting my action just fine, and it is parsing the view (as seen > > >> with log statements), but when the row displays on the screen, I see: > > > >> [object XMLHttpRequest] > > > >> instead of the text. I have also tried just a plain > > >> render(:text=>"some text", :layout=>"false") in my action, and have > > >> the same results. > > > >> All the documentation I see makes me believe that the $.post method > > >> should be returning html. > > > >> I have viewed this with FireBug, and it sees the response as the text > > >> I gave. > > > >> As a side note, I chose to use the $.post method instead of the $.get > > >> method because $.get was returning a 304 error. I get the 200 code > > >> for $.post. > > > >> Also, I have tried this with both jQuery 1.4 and the jQuery instance > > >> provided with the plugin. > > > >> Thanks in advance! > > >> Trish > > > >> -- > > >> 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 [email protected]. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> [email protected]<rubyonrails-talk%2Bunsubscrib > > >> [email protected]> > > >> . > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > >>http://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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
