# Crating a ajax datagrid

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 11, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crating-a-ajax-datagrid/60259 "2006-05-11T17:47:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crating-a-ajax-datagrid/60259/1 "2006-05-11T17:47:29Z")

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hi,

Im looking to build a live data grid, where you can add delete rows  
using dhtml.

and was just wondering if anyone is aware of any plugin’s taht may help  
me.

Ive found this example but if anyone is aware of any other plugin’s  
please let me know

> **[unspace.ca](http://unspace.ca/datagrid/update)**
>
> This domain may be for sale!

thanks  
scott

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**Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crating-a-ajax-datagrid/60259/2 "2006-05-11T17:57:02Z")

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That’s actually pretty nice. I was just talking to someone about doing  
tabular data entry using AJAX. The grid in your link looks like it  
could be slightly modified and used for that very purpose.

That would be pretty interesting. It brings you one step closer to  
replacing a desktop application.

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**Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crating-a-ajax-datagrid/60259/3 "2006-05-11T18:17:12Z")

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On 11 May 2006, at 17:57, Hopeful Skeptic wrote:

> That’s actually pretty nice. I was just talking to someone about  
> doing  
> tabular data entry using AJAX. The grid in your link looks like it  
> could be slightly modified and used for that very purpose.
> 
> That would be pretty interesting. It brings you one step closer to  
> replacing a desktop application.

There are some commercial DHTML Datagrids out there already that are  
quite powerful and Rico’s DataGrid also allows you to asynchronously  
fetch records. However, sometimes (read: most of the time) it’s just  
better to find a more web-friendly way of showing records, either  
through pagination or by fetching only one or two columns, then let  
them click on a row to bring up a detail view using AJAX. I have an  
application that loads over 2000 records in a table using 1 column  
and it both renders very fast and the time to send it to the user is  
also more than acceptable (the Apache server uses mod\_deflate,  
Lighttpd has a similar module).

The Datagrids have some drawbacks, such as the inability to use your  
scrollwheel on the table itself and rather disappointing crossbrowser  
issues.

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**Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crating-a-ajax-datagrid/60259/4 "2006-05-11T18:20:27Z")

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like this?  
[http://numsum.com/spreadsheet/show/35](http://numsum.com/spreadsheet/show/35)

not sure what runs it…

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**Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 10:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crating-a-ajax-datagrid/60259/5 "2006-05-12T10:55:24Z")

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Hi,

In the end I found this  
[http://www.height1percent.com/articles/2006/02/23/ajax-scaffold-generator-v2-1-0-released](http://www.height1percent.com/articles/2006/02/23/ajax-scaffold-generator-v2-1-0-released)

seems pretty good for what I need!