That makes sense. When your page loads, the value of @deals is inserted in the JavaScript that is sent to the client. As you noticed, since your JavaScript code never makes a request back to the server, it just keeps calling replaceWith on the value of the original @deals.
The easiest way is probably to have some type of update action that responds to JS. Then in your view, you can render the newly refreshed @deals. You'll also need to update your JavaScript to hit this action on the server and update your DOM element with the result. Here are some rough code examples. In your controller: def some_update @deals = Deal.all end In some_update.js.erb: <%= escape_javascript(render(:partial => @deals)) %> Then change your JavaScript to hit some_update and use the result of some_update: onPullDown: function () { setTimeout(function () { .ajax({ url: 'controller/some_update.js', success: function(data) { $('#thelist').replaceWith(data); myScroll.refresh(); } }); }); }, -- 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.