Field update not happneing

Rails
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Hi,

I’m having some scriptaculous weirdness, hoping this is an easy fix. I
have a js function defined in my header:

function flash(msg){
$(‘flash_msg’).value = msg;
alert(msg); // for debugging
…
}

This is being called like so:

<%= form_remote_tag(
:update => ‘admins’,
:url => { :action => ‘add_admin’, :params => {:id => @place.id} },
:complete => “flash(‘passes msg’); = $(‘add_field’).value = ‘’;”
)
%>

When I hit ‘Add’ the correct div is updated, I see the alert (saying
“passed message”), and ‘add_field’ is cleared, but ‘flash_msg’ never
gets
set. There are no js errors and I’m just totally stumped over why this
could be.

Thanks in advance for any help,

pt.

Parker T.
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Parker T. wrote:

function flash(msg){
$(‘flash_msg’).value = msg;
alert(msg); // for debugging

When I hit ‘Add’ the correct div is updated, I see the alert (saying
“passed message”), and ‘add_field’ is cleared, but ‘flash_msg’ never
gets set. There are no js errors and I’m just totally stumped over why
this could be.

What kind of HTML element has the flash_msg id?

–
We develop, watch us RoR, in numbers too big to ignore.

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On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Mark Reginald J. wrote:

|What kind of HTML element has the flash_msg id?

Ah, figured it out (thanks). I was trying to replace the contents of a
div (also tried a span) using .value. Switching to innerHTML, e.g.:

$(‘flash_msg’).innerHTML = msg;

fixed the problem. I knew it had to be something silly, just needed my
assumptions questioned, thanks.

pt.