Observe_field, GET method and RESTful controllers

Rails
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Hi all.

I am trying to work with restful rails and have come across a quandry
with observe_field.

I basically want the observe field to call a show action on a restful
controller. However I am unable to do so because I cannot get the damn
thing to use the get request properly. If I use the following:

<%= observe_field(“project_selector”, :update => “project_selector_div”,
:url => project_path, :with => “‘id=’+escape(value)”) %>

then the POST method is used and the controller thinks I am trying to
create a new record.

If I do the following:

<%= observe_field(“project_selector”, :update => “project_selector_div”,
:url => project_path, :method => :get, :with => “‘id=’+escape(value)”)
%>

Then the index action is called and Mongrel shows the following
wierdness in the log file

Processing ProjectsController#index (for 127.0.0.1 at 2006-10-18
23:29:13) [GET]
Session ID: cd6a0a059f38a78c07376123512967e1
Parameters: {“action”=>“index”, “id”=>“3”, “controller”=>“projects”,
“_”=>nil}
e[4;36;1mProject Load (0.000000)e[0m e[0;1mSELECT * FROM projects
e[0m

As you can see adding the :method => get appears to work but then the
:actoion is changed to index and there is a “_” +> nil parameter?

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get observe_field to call the
show action using the GET method?

Many thanks

RJ

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As you can see adding the :method => get appears to work but then the
:actoion is changed to index and there is a “_” +> nil parameter?

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get observe_field to call the
show action using the GET method?

Many thanks

RJ

Have been messing around with this with no luck. With the introduction
of RESTful rails I am thinking that maybe a lot of the javascript stuff
needs to be updated to include the option to set the request methods
since the method counts in REST.

RJ