# Seaches with ajax

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seaches-with-ajax/192207>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 26, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seaches-with-ajax/192207 "2010-07-26T12:29:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![msan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@msan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/msan)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seaches-with-ajax/192207/1 "2010-07-26T12:29:16Z")

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I have problems using ajax in a search field.  
In view/layouts I have main.html.erb with code:

\<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?\> Consegna sacchetti \<%= stylesheet\_link\_tag 'scaffold' %\> \<%= javascript\_include\_tag :defaults %\>

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in application.controller I have put layout “main”.

under view/sacchetti I have index.html.erb for sacchetti\_controller:

 \<% form\_tag'javascript:void(0)' do %\> 

\<%= label\_tag :search, 'Nominativo:' %\> \<%= text\_field\_tag :search, params[:search] %\> \<%= image\_tag("indicator.gif", :id =\> "spinner", :style =\> "display: none;") %\>

 \<% end %\> \<%= observe\_field(:search, :frequency =\> 0.5, :update =\> :search\_hits, :loading =\> "Element.show('spinner')", :complete =\> "Element.hide('spinner')", :url =\> {:action =\> :list, :method =\> :get}, :with =\> "'search=' + escape(value)")%\>

 \<%= render :partial=\>'rusers\_list' %\>

observe\_files seems don’t work, with firebug I see no ajax requests.  
What I’ve missed?

p.s. sorry for my bad english