# Newbie Ajax Question

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-ajax-question/125105>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 5, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-ajax-question/125105 "2008-01-05T13:58:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![SySySy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@SySySy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SySySy)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-ajax-question/125105/1 "2008-01-05T13:58:34Z")

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Hello all,

My apology in advance if this question has be asked many times  
already. I am new to Rails and can’t get the following simple Ajax  
work:

\<% form\_remote\_tag :url =\> { :action =\> :add, :id =\> product } do %\>  
\<%= submit\_tag “Add” %\>  
\<% end %\>

I tried to test it by making “add” method to print something, but no  
response. Meanwhile the old button\_to method works.

\<% button\_to “Add”, :action =\> :add, :id =\> product %\>

Nothing particular in development log. And yes, I put  
\<%= javascript\_include\_tag :defaults %\> in the layout file.

I am on OS X Leopard with Rails 1.2.6. Any idea?  
Thanks.

Sy

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**Author:** ![SySySy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@SySySy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SySySy)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-ajax-question/125105/2 "2008-01-05T16:41:36Z")

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could you post what you have in your controller and rjs?

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**Author:** ![SySySy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@SySySy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SySySy)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-ajax-question/125105/3 "2008-01-07T14:31:39Z")

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I restarted the rails and it seems to work! Thanks.