It now appears the ajax routine won't for me at all in some cases. It
looks like it's not passing the value of the field in the second
parameter to the POST to the server.
Any ideas?
Paul.
On Jul 17, 4:24 pm, Paul Gerrard <p...@gerrardconsulting.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Today, I upgraded my web2py version from 191.6 to 1.97.1 - all went
> well except where I had used the autocomplete jquery plugin on jquery
> dialog boxes. (I do thsi lots of times). Let me explain.
>
> 1. I create a dialog box using jquere dialog plug in
> 2. Then I use Web2py ajax to populate the div with the content which
> is a form
> 3. After the ajax load, I use a javascript routine with a timer to
> attempt to assign the autocomplete addin to a select field in the
> form.
>
> All worked well in the upgrade except this. The autocomplete code
> fails with a message saying the select has no method 'combobox'
>
> Now, I tracked the 'problem' down to the line of code in
> web2py_ajax.js in the jQuery ajax call that puts the ajax content into
> the div in my dialog boxes:
>
> v 1.97.1 jQuery("#" + t).html(msg); (the new way - DOES NOT WORK)
> v 1.91.6 document.getElementById(t).innerHTML=msg; (the old way -
> WORKS)
>
> So I've made that change temporarily in web2py_ajax.js. Looking around
> the web, there seems to be a general view that innerHTML isn't the
> best way to load content into fields.
>
> Can anyone explain the difference in behaviour and what I need to
> consider in adopting the new style ajax routine? Or is this a bug???
