# Can Ajax updates more than one \<div\>?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-ajax-updates-more-than-one-div/53809>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 14, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-ajax-updates-more-than-one-div/53809 "2006-02-14T19:57:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sayoyo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@sayoyo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sayoyo)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-ajax-updates-more-than-one-div/53809/1 "2006-02-14T19:57:54Z")

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Hi,

I wish to know, is it possible that Ajax can update  
more than one zone “

”??? like :

\<%= link\_to\_remote(“Title”, :update =\> ‘mydiv0’, :url  
=\> {:action=\>:say\_hello} )%\>

 to be changed one

 to be changed two

When I execute the code, only the first line is  
changed, the second one doesn’t…

thanks you very much

Saiho

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**Author:** ![sayoyo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@sayoyo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sayoyo)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-ajax-updates-more-than-one-div/53809/2 "2006-02-14T20:03:58Z")

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The link\_to\_remote will only update one DOM element. You may want to  
look into RJS templates…they will allow you to do multiple updates  
on a single AJAX call.

-Derrick S.

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**Author:** ![sayoyo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@sayoyo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sayoyo)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-ajax-updates-more-than-one-div/53809/3 "2006-02-14T20:16:03Z")

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There is a section in “Rails Recipes” that talks about using RJS to do  
this.

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**Author:** ![sayoyo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@sayoyo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sayoyo)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-ajax-updates-more-than-one-div/53809/4 "2006-02-14T20:40:24Z")

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Ditto to both comments above.  
I was looking for the exact same thing, and RJS seems to be one of the  
only  
sane ways to do this.