# AJAX/RJS Updating of Table Rows **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 20, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-rjs-updating-of-table-rows/58310 "2006-04-20T14:40:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nicholas-henry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/bcef8e/32.png) [@nicholas-henry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicholas-henry)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-rjs-updating-of-table-rows/58310/1 "2006-04-20T14:40:28Z")
I’m trying to update a table row (i.e. replace a ) using AJAX/RJS but of course this cannot be done in IE (works fine in Firefox). I have googled but have not found any solutions, only a lot of discussion. Does anyone have a solution to this problem? Cheers, Nicholas ---
**Author:** ![nicholas-henry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/bcef8e/32.png) [@nicholas-henry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicholas-henry)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-rjs-updating-of-table-rows/58310/2 "2006-04-20T15:02:06Z")
maybe you can replace your table with a css-based layout? table-layouts are kind of legacy old-stuff anyway… or maybe that: updated content here ---
**Author:** ![nicholas-henry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/bcef8e/32.png) [@nicholas-henry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicholas-henry)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-rjs-updating-of-table-rows/58310/3 "2006-04-20T15:14:29Z")
Thanks, Peter – but I’m using tables for a legimate purpose, tabular data; i.e. I’m not using for layout. I don’t think is valid markup. Cheers, Nicholas ---
**Author:** ![nicholas-henry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/bcef8e/32.png) [@nicholas-henry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicholas-henry)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-rjs-updating-of-table-rows/58310/4 "2006-04-20T15:26:44Z")
No, but is. If you assign an id to the td you can’t use it in the update? Haven’t tried this myself, but I’m surprised that it wouldn’t work. \<% link\_to\_remote “Change it!”, :url =\> {blah blah}, :update =\> ‘the\_row’ %\> -Derrick S. ---
**Author:** ![nicholas-henry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/bcef8e/32.png) [@nicholas-henry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicholas-henry)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-rjs-updating-of-table-rows/58310/5 "2006-04-20T15:32:50Z")
Thank you for your help everybody, I will check out these solutions as well. I have also found this: [http://www.larrygoats.com/articles/2006/01/26/taconite-prototype-rails](http://www.larrygoats.com/articles/2006/01/26/taconite-prototype-rails) I dropped his script it and it fixed my problem right away. Cheers, Nicholas ---
**Author:** ![nicholas-henry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/bcef8e/32.png) [@nicholas-henry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicholas-henry)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-rjs-updating-of-table-rows/58310/6 "2006-04-20T15:32:51Z")
Thank you for your help everybody, I will check out these solutions as well. I have also found this: [http://www.larrygoats.com/articles/2006/01/26/taconite-prototype-rails](http://www.larrygoats.com/articles/2006/01/26/taconite-prototype-rails) I dropped his script it and it fixed my problem right away. Cheers, Nicholas ---
**Author:** ![nicholas-henry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/bcef8e/32.png) [@nicholas-henry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicholas-henry)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-rjs-updating-of-table-rows/58310/7 "2006-04-20T15:17:36Z")
On 4/20/06, Nicholas H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’m trying to update a table row (i.e. replace a ) using > AJAX/RJS but of course this cannot be done in IE (works fine in > Firefox). I have googled but have not found any solutions, only a lot > of discussion. Does anyone have a solution to this problem? Take a look at Richard W.'s Ajax Scaffold Generator: [http://www.ajaxscaffold.com/](http://www.ajaxscaffold.com/) It uses RJS to update table rows and is “Guaranteed to work on Firefox 1+, IE 6+ and Safari 10+”. I think his solution is something like remove the original row, insert the updated row, and move it into the original row’s position. ---
**Author:** ![nicholas-henry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/bcef8e/32.png) [@nicholas-henry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicholas-henry)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-rjs-updating-of-table-rows/58310/8 "2006-04-20T17:05:28Z")
Sorry for the late reply, but I wrote an article that sort of deals with this, and then some: > **[unspace.ca](http://unspace.ca/discover/datagrid/)** > > This domain may be for sale! Good luck! Pete ----- Original Message ----- From: “Nicholas H.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) To: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 8:37 AM Subject: [Rails] AJAX/RJS Updating of Table Rows I’m trying to update a table row (i.e. replace a ) using AJAX/RJS but of course this cannot be done in IE (works fine in Firefox). I have googled but have not found any solutions, only a lot of discussion. Does anyone have a solution to this problem? Cheers, Nicholas * * * Rails mailing list removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails)