Observe Field Problem

Rails
1

Hi there!

I need to use observe field to change dynamically one select field based
on another select field:

here is the view:

<%= observe_field ‘class’, :url => { :action => ‘update_list’ },
:frequency => 0.25,
:update => ‘nickname’,
:with => ‘tipid’
%>

Class:<select name=“<%= “#{name}[][#{name}_class]” %>” id=“class”>
<%= options_from_collection_for_select(Tiprod.find(:all),
“id”,“name”, {:include_blank => true}) %>

Name:<select name=“<%= “#{name}[][#{name}_data]” %>” id=“nickname”>

here is the controller

def update_list
@tipid = params[:tipid]
@products = Specprod.find(:all, :conditions => [‘tiprif LIKE ?’,
“%{@tipid}%”])
end

and here is the update_list.rhtml

<% for product in @products%>

<%= product.name%> <% end %>

inspired by:
http://nealenssle.com/blog/2007/04/12/how-to-dynamically-update-form-elements-in-rails-using-ajax/

Now, when i try to fire this application, the script doesn’t work, and
the JS console tell me “Element is null” .
Why?Where i was wrong?

thanks in advance for the help

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On Feb 13, 11:39 pm, Enzo R. [email protected]
wrote:

                  :with => 'tipid'

here is the controller

<%= product.name%> <% end %>

inspired by:http://nealenssle.com/blog/2007/04/12/how-to-dynamically-update-form-…

The observe_field helper just produces some javascript that does stuff
to the element with id class

You’ve got the call to observe_field before your select element, ie
it’s trying to observe something that doesn’t exist yet.

Fred