# Pretty Data Grid

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pretty-data-grid/54026>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 20, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pretty-data-grid/54026 "2006-02-20T23:20:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joshua_Gitlin)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pretty-data-grid/54026/1 "2006-02-20T23:20:48Z")

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Hey everyone,

I’m looking for a good way to display a table of data in rails. I  
want something with scroll bars and resizable columns. Am I crazy for  
trying this? Is there a class or such already written that makes  
pretty data grids?

-Josh

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**Author:** ![Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joshua_Gitlin)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 9:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pretty-data-grid/54026/2 "2006-02-21T09:01:25Z")

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Hi Joshua

> I’m looking for a good way to display a table of data in rails. I  
> want something with scroll bars and resizable columns. Am I crazy  
> for trying this? Is there a class or such already written that  
> makes pretty data grids?

You should have a look at [Richard Cowin](http://richardcowin.typepad.com/blog/)  
2006/01/new\_livegrid\_ma.html

OpenRico’s LiveGrid is an on-demand data grid, which enabled you to  
work with large datasets. From the site:

The LiveGrid behavior takes an ordinary Html table and:  
? Connects it live to Ajax data requests  
? Creates a scrollbar that becomes the live data navigator for the  
table.  
? Automatically populates the data into the cells.  
? Employs data buffering and event compression strategies to improve  
performance.

It doesn’t have column resizing yet, but it would be a nice addition,  
everyone would benefit from it. So, if you have some JavaScript  
knowledge, please have a go at it 😉

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

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**Author:** ![Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joshua_Gitlin)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 10:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pretty-data-grid/54026/3 "2006-02-21T10:02:40Z")

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On 20 Feb 2006, at 23:19, Joshua Gitlin wrote:

> Hey everyone,
> 
> I’m looking for a good way to display a table of data in rails. I  
> want something with scroll bars and resizable columns. Am I crazy  
> for trying this? Is there a class or such already written that  
> makes pretty data grids?

Or you could have a look at [Purchase Intent Data for Enterprise Tech Sales and Marketing | TechTarget](http://ajaxian.com/archives/screencast-)  
data-grid-as-example-of-rich-ajax

It seems to have everything you ask for.

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

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**Author:** ![Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Joshua\_Gitlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joshua_Gitlin)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 10:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pretty-data-grid/54026/4 "2006-02-21T10:36:30Z")

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On 21 Feb 2006, at 09:59, Peter De Berdt wrote:

> Or you could have a look at [Purchase Intent Data for Enterprise Tech Sales and Marketing | TechTarget](http://ajaxian.com/archives/screencast-)  
> data-grid-as-example-of-rich-ajax
> 
> It seems to have everything you ask for.

… except “real browser” capabilities, i.e. it only runs on Internet  
Exploder for the time being. Shows tremendous promise however at an  
equally tremendous price. But at least it shows what JavaScript can  
do. Now… let’s find some JavaScript geniuses out there that want to  
make something like this and provide it under a not-so-commercial  
license 😉

Best regards

Peter De Berdt