Passing data from controller to rjs and then to partial

Rails
1

Hello Experts,

I am fetching data in my controller from a web service

def search
response = @@api.DoSearch()
end

and in my .rjs template, I am doing

page.replace_html ‘fields_chooser’, :partial => ‘fields_chooser’
,:locals =>{:response => response}
page.visual_effect(:Appear, ‘fields_chooser’)

and in _fields_chooser.rhtml, I want to use response. But I can’t see
response in my .rhtml file.

what am I missing here? how do I pass data “response” from controller to
the .rhtml file or should I be doing this in a different way?

Thanks guys for any help.

PS

2

Did you mean @response instead of “response”?

Pradeep S. wrote:

Hello Experts,

I am fetching data in my controller from a web service

def search
response = @@api.DoSearch()
end

3

Hi,

I am actually using response.

strangely, If I do @response = @@api.DoSearch()

I get this error:

undefined method `body=’ for #Array:0x36accd0

Stack trace below:

however, if I just use response, I can see the response fine in logger,
but I am not able to pass the response to the rjs template.

I am a NewB, so apologize if am not very clear.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

thanks,

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erase_render_results' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.0/lib/action_controller/base.rb:764:inerase_results’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.0/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:28:in
rescue_action' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.0/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:108:inperform_action’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.0/lib/action_controller/base.rb:379:in
send' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.0/lib/action_controller/base.rb:379:inprocess_without_filters’
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process_without_session_management_support' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.0/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:117:inprocess’
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dispatch' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.0/lib/webrick_server.rb:115:inhandle_dispatch’
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service' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:inservice’
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c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:144:in start' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:144:instart_thread’
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c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.0/lib/commands/servers/webrick.rb:59
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require__' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:inrequire’
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require' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.0/lib/commands/server.rb:30 c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:inrequire__’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
require' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:136:inrequire’ script/server:3

Steve R. wrote:

Did you mean @response instead of “response”?

Pradeep S. wrote:

Hello Experts,

I am fetching data in my controller from a web service

def search
response = @@api.DoSearch()
end

4

Pradeep S. wrote:

Hello Experts,

I am fetching data in my controller from a web service

def search
response = @@api.DoSearch()
end

and in my .rjs template, I am doing

page.replace_html ‘fields_chooser’, :partial => ‘fields_chooser’
,:locals =>{:response => response}
page.visual_effect(:Appear, ‘fields_chooser’)

I haven’t been able to get the :locals parameter to work in an RJS call
either, so what I’ve done in cases like this is to use an instance
variable. @response is a reserved attribute so you might try a
different variable name in such a case.

Jeff

5

The response variable that you have set

response = @@api.DoSearch()

is only local scope. When you enter your rjs, it has gone out of scope.

Use
@response = @@api.DoSearch()

and in the rjs
page.replace_html ‘fields_chooser’, :partial => ‘fields_chooser’
,:locals =>{:response => @response}
page.visual_effect(:Appear, ‘fields_chooser’)

I think this should fix it.