# Auto-save

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-save/179747>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 3, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-save/179747 "2009-12-03T00:36:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![penelope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@penelope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/penelope)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-save/179747/1 "2009-12-03T00:36:24Z")

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I have a request form that needs to autosave occasionally, every 30  
seconds.If there is any interruption to the entry process, the user can  
come back to that form.

I don’t have no idea how to resolve this problem.

Could anybody helps me?

thanks

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**Author:** ![penelope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@penelope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/penelope)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-save/179747/2 "2009-12-03T01:07:27Z")

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Penelope W. wrote:

> I have a request form that needs to autosave occasionally, every 30  
> seconds.If there is any interruption to the entry process, the user can  
> come back to that form.
> 
> I don’t have no idea how to resolve this problem.
> 
> Could anybody helps me?

You’ll need a periodic Ajax request.

> thanks

Best,  
–Â  
Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
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