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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 16, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/get-content-from-html-element-in-rails/185227 "2010-03-16T13:25:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:**  [@iggar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/iggar)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/get-content-from-html-element-in-rails/185227/1 "2010-03-16T13:25:27Z")
Hey,
I’m looking for a way to get the content of my div in my Rails view. I
would like the literal HTML content, so only HTML and no Rails
I thought inner\_html would work, but I get a RJS exception (TypeError:
$(“content”).innerHtml is not a function)
Does anyone know how I can get the content? Thanks!
In my controller I use this code:
```auto
def save_test
render :update do |page|
page['content'].innerHTML
end
end
```
Some more context maybe? I get a HTML form (without the form tags
themselves) and put it into a rails form. What I want is that the user
changes checkboxes, radiobuttons, fills out input fields etc and when
the user saves, I want the literal changed content of the form as a
string to save it to my database.
The reason for this is that the several provided forms differ a lot and
it’s only used as information, no calculations etc need to be done on
it.
So my view looks like this:
```auto
form_remote_tag :url=>{:action => 'save_trainee_evaluation' do %>
<%= contract_trainer_trainee.evaluation_template %>
<%= submit_tag 'Opslaan' %>
<% end %>
```
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**Author:**  [@iggar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/iggar)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/get-content-from-html-element-in-rails/185227/2 "2010-03-16T16:44:47Z")
Anybody?
If more info is needed, do ask!
Thanks
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**Author:**  [@iggar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/iggar)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/get-content-from-html-element-in-rails/185227/3 "2010-03-16T17:38:22Z")
On 16 Mar 2010, at 16:44, Ignace S. wrote:
> Anybody?
> If more info is needed, do ask!
> Thanks
More info is needed
Best regards
Peter De Berdt
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**Author:**  [@iggar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/iggar)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/get-content-from-html-element-in-rails/185227/4 "2010-03-16T18:28:07Z")
innerHtml is not a function.
innerHTML is.
Larry
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**Author:**  [@iggar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/iggar)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/get-content-from-html-element-in-rails/185227/5 "2010-03-16T18:59:46Z")
Peter De Berdt wrote:
> On 16 Mar 2010, at 16:44, Ignace S. wrote:
>
> > Anybody?
> > If more info is needed, do ask!
> > Thanks
>
> More info is needed
>
> Best regards
>
> Peter De Berdt
Little more specific? What exactly do you want to know?
Larry Meadors wrote:
> innerHtml is not a function.
>
> innerHTML is.
>
> Larry
Yes, you’re right there, but as you can see, I use innerHTML in my
controller. And the same error message (but then with ‘innerHTML’) is
triggered.