Accessing link_to_remote in controller with .find(params[])

[blueHandTalking]

The following:

<% @project_details.each do |project_detail| %>

<%= link_to_remote ( :with => "'architect='+ #
{project_detail.architect}") %>
<% end %>
generates

{asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, parameters:'architect=' + 'Jack
London ' + ...more stuff

Is the above then available in params array in the controller, and if
so how?

Right now I am trying:

@photos = Photo.find_by_architect(params[:architect:])

which does not work.

Thanks,

Jet

[kevinpfromnm]

I'm not sure but I would guess 'architect=' is not the same as
'architect'= ... my javascript is a bit rusty.

[blueHandTalking]

Kevin,

Thanks for the guestimate. My question was off topic,
but I thought I'd give it a shot. My javascript is almost non-
existant,
so I am struggling with Prototype.

Here is the example from the Rails docs:

:with => "'name=' + $('name').value"

I am getting same result (I believe) with

:with => "'architect = ' + #{project_detail.architect}"

...as the output looks fine in Firebug.

Where I am having trouble is in the controller.
How do I pick this up there?

I was trying

params[:architect]

or with another construct ( project_details['architect] =
project_details['architect']) in the
javascript reply I tried

params([:project_details][:architect]

in the controller, but this did not seem to work either.


Lacking the knowledge to pick up the vars out of javascript reply in
the controller.

Thanks again,

Jet

[Matt Jones]

On Nov 23, 2009, at 6:47 PM, blueHandTalking wrote:

> Kevin,
>
> Thanks for the guestimate. My question was off topic,
> but I thought I'd give it a shot. My javascript is almost non-
> existant,
> so I am struggling with Prototype.
>
> Here is the example from the Rails docs:
>
> :with => "'name=' + $('name').value"
>
> I am getting same result (I believe) with
>
> :with => "'architect = ' + #{project_detail.architect}"
>
> ...as the output looks fine in Firebug.
>
> Where I am having trouble is in the controller.
> How do I pick this up there?
>

Couple things:

- skip the spaces. The :with option is pretty much whacked into the
query string as-is. For your setup, you'll probably need something
more like (note the single quotes:

:with => "'architect=#{escape_once(project_detail.architect)}'"

(not 100% sure if escape_once is in 2.3.x; you essentially need to
escape the space in project_detail.architect)

- the output from script/server (or the logs) is the best place to
look for params that have wandered off. What does it show when you
execute this request?

Hope this helps!

--Matt Jones

[blueHandTalking]

Matt,

Yes, Thank you!

I removed 'escape_once' and replaced with:

:with => "'architect='+encodeURIComponent('#
{project_detail.architect}')"

This was necessary to deal with bad ampersands.

Cheers,

Jet