Params not available w form_remote_tag call

Rails
1

Hi guys…

I’m having an issue that seems so basic to me, but I can’t figure it
out. I have a partial which is a form below:

<% form_remote_tag :url => { :action => :submit_free_report },
    :update => :results,
    :complete => visual_effect(:highlight, 'results') do %>
<% end %>
First Name <%= text_field_tag :FirstName %> 
</td>
Last Name <%= text_field_tag :LastName %>
<%= image_submit_tag '/images/form_button.gif', :name => 'Send Report' %>
Email <%= text_field_tag :Email %>

Pretty basic… but in the submit_free_report method of my controller
when I try to access params[:Email] it is empty. This seems so simple
to me, but I can’t figure out why the form isn’t setting the params
object.

Please help.

2

What does the log file say? Does it show that the params are being
passed to the method?

-S

3

Ok… I think I figured it out, and I’m posting the answer below for
others.

I moved the form outside the table like so, and it works!:

<% form_remote_tag :url => { :action => :submit_free_report },
:update => :results,
:complete => visual_effect(:highlight, ‘results’) do %>

First Name <%= text_field_tag :FirstName %> 
</td>
Last Name <%= text_field_tag :LastName %>
<%= image_submit_tag '/images/form_button.gif', :name => 'Send Report' %>
Email <%= text_field_tag :Email %>
<% end %>
4

Shandy N. wrote:

What does the log file say? Does it show that the params are being
passed to the method?

-S

Thanks for the response…

Here are the parameters being passed:

“authenticity_token”=>“5625b8c5132afcbb131798ac6da41677572d1a2b”,
“action”=>“submit_free_report”, “controller”=>“welcome”

also… not that this matters, but the form is being rendered from the
index page like so:

<%= render(:partial => “shared/free_report”) %>

i don’t get why the parameters aren’t being passed.