repond_to |format| do
if @myvar.save
format.js ……
else
format.js { render :layout => false, :partial => “error” }
end
end

I think it should work perfectly.

I think you problem can be corrected by calling ajax_link:

1. On page load (as in tutorial)
2. On your javascript page load (exemple at the end of new.js.erb).

How do you handle the error callback? I have some cases where if the action sees something wrong, or the save fails, I’d like to have a callback [action]_error.js.erb or something similar that can report to the user what happened, with the current implementation it always calls the callback, regardless of success/fail (as far as I can see). I’d like to be able to call ‘return false’ in my action, and have the error callback fired, rather than the success.

really big thanks for posting this. It has been a huge help and has significantly lowered the entry barrier for using jquery effectively with Rails. Very well explained, and easy to understand.

I have one question if you have time. I’m running into problems when making AJAX calls from within divs and partials that are shown by other AJAX calls.

Is there a particular reason for this? I’m struggling to understand why this might happen in this way.

cheers!

Paul

[quote]
@Simon, you’re right, Ryan screencast are really simple and an amazing source of inspiration. I’m sad that you found this tutorial hard to follow. Please let me know if I can help.
[unquote]

hey there’s nothing wrong with ur tutorial! -the railscast /does/ fill in the gaps 4 us newbs who want2 understand it -but thx2simon it’s now referenced in the comments so np =)

I have a question though, I am getting a 406 Not acceptable error when clicking a link with a put class.. Any idea why this could be?