From: Philip Hallstrom <ruby@...>
Date: 2006-10-26T06:56:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbi - form_remote_tag doesn't produce any HTML

> I'm completely new to Ruby/Rails, so sorry for asking newbi questions.

You might get better luck asking the Rails list...

http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?lnk=srg&hl=en

That said... see below.

>
> I'm just following the Agile Web Development book, and got to the AJAX
> section.
> Added the code from the web, to generate the .js which triggers the
> AJAX, but no .js code appears in the HTML.
>
> This is what I've added to the .rhtml code (from the book):
> __________________
> <% for product in @products -%>
>  <div class="entry">
>    <img src="<%= product.image_url %>"/>
>    <h3><%= h(product.title) %></h3>
>    <%= product.description %>
>    <span class="price"><%= number_to_currency(product.price) %></span>
>
>    <% form_remote_tag :url => { :action => :add_to_cart, :id =>
> product } do %>
>      <%= submit_tag "Add to Cart" %>
>    <% end %>

I think form_remote_tag/do is edge rails... are you using edge?  if you're 
not, change that, and don't forget to change "<% form..." to "<%= 
form...", so they actually output something.


>      <br clear="all"/>
>  </div>
> <% end %>
> __________________
>
> Surprisingly, the HTML source that I see in the browser doesn't contain
> any .js code. This is what I'm getting:
> __________________
>  <div class="entry">
>    <img
> src="http://www.onthegosoft.com/images/printer/passport_photo_small.png"/>
>    <h3>Passport Photo</h3>
>    Our great program for making passport picture!
>    <span class="price">$9.95</span>
>
>
>
>      <br clear="all"/>
>  </div>
>  <div class="entry">
>    <img
> src="http://www.onthegosoft.com/images/photobackup/photo_backup_small.png"/>
>    <h3>Photo Backup</h3>
>    <p><b>Great program</b> for backing up <b>digital photos</b>.</p>
>
>    <span class="price">$29.95</span>
>
>
>      <br clear="all"/>
>  </div>
>
> __________________
>
> Notice, just before the <br> tag at the end, a .js snippet should
> appear, triggering the AJAX.
> Any advice how I can debug this?
>
> Thanks,
> Amir
>
>
>