Module ActionView::Helpers::PrototypeHelper

collection_select using remote_function

hi i want my collection_select(dropdown) to display the details of the person by selecting the person name using ajax in ruby on rails.Then i went for this remote_function helper.To more about the remote_function visit remote_function

First just have some knowledge of ajax & how it works
First in your html.erb file just have collection_select look like this


<div id="main" >
<b>PatientName</b><br/>
<%=collection_select 'patient','id',User.find(:all),:id,:firstname,{:prompt => 'Select the patient'},:class =>'select',
 :onchange=>remote_function(:update=>'patient_details',:url => {:controller=>'patientfile',:action =>'get_details'}, :with => 'Form.Element.serialize(this)')%>
</div>
<div id="patient_details">
         
</div>

During onchange of collection_select its accessing the remote_function helper.The helper is calling the controller & action and the datas are getting updated in the div patient_details.

Controller sholud look like this


class PatientfileController < ApplicationController
 def index
   
 end
 def get_details
    @user=User.find(params[:patient][:id])
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html # show.html.erb
      format.xml  { render :xml => @user }
    end
 end
end

Note here :with=>'Form.Element.serialize(this)' is used to get the person id which we are selecting.

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