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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 7, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/replace-html-problem/157126 "2009-01-07T16:18:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1
**Author:**  [@mvanhouten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mvanhouten)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/replace-html-problem/157126/1 "2009-01-07T16:18:18Z")
I am using the in\_place\_editor\_field method with scriptaculous and I am
receiving the rjs code instead of the value that was just updated.
The following is the code snippet from my view:
```
<%= in_place_editor_field('rotational_assignment_applicant',
```
‘placement\_priority’, {:id =\>
“in\_place\_editor\_#{rotational\_assignment\_applicant.id}”}, :script=\>true)
%\>
The following is the code snippet from my controller:
def set\_rotational\_assignment\_applicant\_placement\_priority
@rotational\_assignment\_applicant =
RotationalAssignmentApplicant.find\_by\_id(params[:id])
@old\_value = @rotational\_assignment\_applicant.placement\_priority
@rotational\_assignment\_applicant.placement\_priority = params[:value]
@rotational\_assignment\_applicant.placement\_priority = @old\_value
unless @rotational\_assignment\_applicant.save
```
render :update do |page|
page.replace_html
```
“in\_place\_editor\_#{@rotational\_assignment\_applicant.id}”,
@rotational\_assignment\_applicant.placement\_priority
end
end
The placement\_prioirty value is updated in the database correctly, but I
receive the following html code in the placement\_priority text field:
ry { Element.update(“in\_place\_editor\_62”, “3”); } catch (e) { alert(‘RJS
error:\n\n’ + e.toString());
alert(‘Element.update(“in\_place\_editor\_62”, “3”);’); throw e }
Any ideas what might be causing this issue? Thank you in advance for
all your help.
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**Author:**  [@mvanhouten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mvanhouten)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 7:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/replace-html-problem/157126/2 "2009-01-08T07:37:11Z")
> I am using the in\_place\_editor\_field method with scriptaculous and I am
> receiving the rjs code instead of the value that was just updated.
> render :update do |page|
> page.replace\_html
> “in\_place\_editor\_#{@rotational\_assignment\_applicant.id}”,
> @rotational\_assignment\_applicant.placement\_priority
> end
> end
Not quite sure [might want to ask in rails group] but my first suspect
would be that replace\_html call–what does it do, etc.
-=r