RJS error I don't understand - multiple replace_html

Hello:

I’ve got a remote-link-to that’s replaacing a div section quite nicely.
the HTML that get’s injected into the form in the first place has a form
in it. Here’s waht gets injected in a div on a page:

The link_to_remote that does this is here:

<%= link_to_remote “Forward”,
:url => { :controller => ‘messages’, :action =>
‘forward’, :id => msg.id } %> |

the “forward” function it calls is here:

def forward
@message = Message.find(params[:id])
render :update do |page|
page[“reply-forward#{@message.id}”].replace_html :partial =>
‘fmessage’, :locals => { :msg => @message}
end
end

The partial that gets injected is here ("_fmessage.rhtml"):

<% form_tag ‘/messages/create_forward’ do -%>

To <%= text_field_tag :to, nil, :size => "15" %>                                     <%= submit_tag "Send!" %>
Subject <%= text_field_tag :subject, "Re: #{msg.subject}", :size => "30" %>
Message <%= text_area_tag :body, nil, :size => "45x3" %> <%= hidden_field_tag :msg_id, msg.id %>
<% end %>

And the method that the submit tag calls is quite simple - the DB
inserts it does work fine. But what doesn’t, is when I try and
essentially empty-out the original div that the partial gets put into.
Here’s the code I’m trying:

render :update do |page|
page[“reply-forward#{@reply_to.id}”].update :partial => ‘empty’
end

(NOTE: I also tried replace_html, but that didn’t work either. The
error it’s giving is:

try {
$(“reply-forward23”).update({partial: “empty”});
} catch (e) { alert(‘RJS error:\n\n’ + e.toString());
alert(’$(“reply-forward23”).update({partial: “empty”});’); throw e }

I’m sure this an error others have encountered. I tried to give you a
complete picture. I’m just not sure why I can re-replace (essentially,
that’s what I’m doing).

Thank you very much in advance for your help!

Mike

The proper form of replace_html is:

page.replace_html dom_id, *render_options

In your case:

render :update do |page|
page.replace_html “reply-forward#{@reply_to.id}”, :partial => ‘empty’
end

Anything that isn’t recognized by the JavascriptHelper gets turned
directly
into Javascript (e.g. your update method).

Jason