I have a situation where a part of a page is under the control of
periodically_call_remote() js helper. In response, the controller
answers with a render(:partial …). When the controller knows that
nothing in the display has changed, I wish to respond with the
equivalent of a ‘200 OK’ response. How can I code that in the
controller?
Hi,
On Sat, 2009-08-01 at 10:59 -0700, explainer wrote:
I have a situation where a part of a page is under the control of
periodically_call_remote() js helper. In response, the controller
answers with a render(:partial …).
I’m not sure I understand your explanation.
You say you’re using periodically_call_remote which would lead me to
expect that in your controller (assuming that’s where you’re
responding), you’d be using
render :update do |page|
page.replace_html (or some variation) …
end
But you say your controller 'answers with a render(:partial …)
I’ll take a stab below, but if that doesn’t get it please post relevant
code.
When the controller knows that
nothing in the display has changed, I wish to respond with the
equivalent of a ‘200 OK’ response. How can I code that in the
controller?
If you’re returning html, you can just use head (in
ActionController::Base)
return head(:success)
render
I’m not sure how to return just a header with js cause I’ve never needed
to do it, but the first thing I’d probably try would be:
render :js => ‘’
or
render :js => ‘’, :status => :success
If for whatever reason those didn’t work, I’d probably create an empty
element on the page and…
render :update do |page|
page.replace_html ‘empty_element’, ‘’
end
HTH,
Bill