# Form\_remote\_tag

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-remote-tag/108682>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 6, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-remote-tag/108682 "2007-07-06T00:07:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![pat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@pat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-remote-tag/108682/1 "2007-07-06T00:07:58Z")

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I am using form\_remote\_tag as follows:  
\<%= form\_remote\_tag(:update =\> “sku”, :url=\>{:action =\>:generate\_skus})  
%\>  
The problem I am having is the web page will actually change to the  
generate\_skus page which defeats the purpose of using this. Any ideas on  
why it wouldnt update the html code on the current page.

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**Author:** ![pat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@pat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-remote-tag/108682/2 "2007-07-06T00:55:40Z")

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Pat wrote:

> I am using form\_remote\_tag as follows:  
> \<%= form\_remote\_tag(:update =\> “sku”, :url=\>{:action =\>:generate\_skus})  
> %\>  
> The problem I am having is the web page will actually change to the  
> generate\_skus page which defeats the purpose of using this. Any ideas on  
> why it wouldnt update the html code on the current page.

Post the code that responds to that action.

–  
Phlip  
[Test Driven Ajax (on Rails) [Book]](http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510657/)  
“Test Driven Ajax (on Rails)”  
assert\_xpath, assert\_javascript, & assert\_ajax

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**Author:** ![pat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@pat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-remote-tag/108682/3 "2007-07-06T01:13:24Z")

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Phlip wrote:

> Pat wrote:
> 
> > I am using form\_remote\_tag as follows:  
> > \<%= form\_remote\_tag(:update =\> “sku”, :url=\>{:action =\>:generate\_skus})  
> > %\>  
> > The problem I am having is the web page will actually change to the  
> > generate\_skus page which defeats the purpose of using this. Any ideas on  
> > why it wouldnt update the html code on the current page.
> 
> Post the code that responds to that action.
> 
> –  
> Phlip  
> [Test Driven Ajax (on Rails) [Book]](http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510657/)  
> “Test Driven Ajax (on Rails)”  
> assert\_xpath, assert\_javascript, & assert\_ajax  
> controller  
> def generate\_skus  
> @output = “This is not correct”  
> render :partial =\> “generate\_skus”  
> end  
> view for \_generate\_skus  
> \<%= @output %\>

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**Author:** ![pat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@pat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-remote-tag/108682/4 "2007-07-06T01:31:43Z")

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Hi –

On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Pat wrote:

> I am using form\_remote\_tag as follows:  
> \<%= form\_remote\_tag(:update =\> “sku”, :url=\>{:action =\>:generate\_skus})  
> %\>  
> The problem I am having is the web page will actually change to the  
> generate\_skus page which defeats the purpose of using this. Any ideas on  
> why it wouldnt update the html code on the current page.

Are you sure you’re loading the necessary JavaScript files? It sounds  
like maybe it’s falling back on doing a non-Ajax request to your  
action.

David

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**Author:** ![pat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@pat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-remote-tag/108682/5 "2007-07-06T01:25:43Z")

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> > Pat wrote:
> > 
> > > I am using form\_remote\_tag as follows:  
> > > \<%= form\_remote\_tag(:update =\> “sku”, :url=\>{:action =\>:generate\_skus})  
> > > %\>

I can’t help because I just never use :update. I know it’s useful…

> ```
> def generate_skus
> @output = "This is not correct"
> render :partial => "generate_skus"
> end
> 
> ```
> 
> view for \_generate\_skus  
> \<%= @output %\>

I’m also aware that some people don’t like to mix model and view code.  
But I  
would have written the response like this:

render :update do |page|  
page.replace\_html ‘sku’, @output  
end

–  
Phlip  
[Test Driven Ajax (on Rails) [Book]](http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510657/)  
“Test Driven Ajax (on Rails)”  
assert\_xpath, assert\_javascript, & assert\_ajax

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**Author:** ![pat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@pat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-remote-tag/108682/6 "2007-07-06T01:37:06Z")

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unknown wrote:

> Hi –
> 
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Pat wrote:
> 
> > I am using form\_remote\_tag as follows:  
> > \<%= form\_remote\_tag(:update =\> “sku”, :url=\>{:action =\>:generate\_skus})  
> > %\>  
> > The problem I am having is the web page will actually change to the  
> > generate\_skus page which defeats the purpose of using this. Any ideas on  
> > why it wouldnt update the html code on the current page.
> 
> Are you sure you’re loading the necessary JavaScript files? It sounds  
> like maybe it’s falling back on doing a non-Ajax request to your  
> action.
> 
> David
> 
> –
> 
> - Books:  
> RAILS ROUTING (new! [http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0321509242](http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0321509242))  
> RUBY FOR RAILS ([Ruby for Rails](http://www.manning.com/black))
> - Ruby/Rails training  
> & consulting: Ruby Power and Light, LLC ([http://www.rubypal.com](http://www.rubypal.com))

I have used  
\<%= javascript\_include\_tag :defaults %\>  
which generates the following javascript

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**Author:** ![pat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@pat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-remote-tag/108682/7 "2007-07-08T00:50:28Z")

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I have the \_generate\_skus.rhtml in the views folder for the controller  
that calls it and there is not a generate\_skus.rhtml.

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**Author:** ![pat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@pat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-remote-tag/108682/8 "2007-07-06T19:08:20Z")

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If I understand what you’re saying - your generate\_skus partial is being  
rendered as a seperate page?

Is your generate\_skus partial page named correctly? It’s been a little  
while since I fooled with a partial, and I don’t have my environment  
here  
with me, but I think skus are named like “\_generate\_skus.rhtml” - do you  
maybe have a file named “generate\_skus.rhtml”?

Or do you have both \_generate\_skus.rhtml and generate\_skus.rhtml in the  
same  
folder? Though I wouldn’t think that would be a problem.

Sorry if I’m mucking this up with the wrong syntax! 😃

On 7/5/07, Pat [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> > > %\>  
> > > David  
> > > which generates the following javascript
> 
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> 
> >

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