ajax

To implement Reddit's login feature in Rails, would I need to use RJS and remote_form_for?

A feature in Reddit that I like is the ajax login - you enter your username and password on the front page and you never leave the front page even if there is a login error. If your login succeeds, I think it simply does something like a flash[:message] onto the front page to say "login successful". If I wanted to do this in Rails, would...

Dealing with long server-side operations using ajax?

Hi there, I've a particularly long operation that is going to get run when a user presses a button on an interface and I'm wondering what would be the best way to indicate this back to the client. The operation is populating a fact table for a number of years worth of data which will take roughly 20 minutes so I'm not intending the int...

HTML select tag allowing you to access Rails variable

<p class="acp3"> <label>Status</label> <select> <% if <option>Active</option> %> <%= account["status"] == "Active" %> <% elsif <option>Disabled</option> %> <%= account["status"] == "Disabled" %> <% end %> </select> </p> I am creating a selector with the html and I want to be able to have it access that variable...

Need Help with ASP.NET (3.5) ScriptManager to call WCF JSON Data via AJAX

Hi. I am trying to get ASP.NET (Framework 3.5), AJAX, and JSON to work. I have two questions along those lines. This first is, when I add the below tag as required by ASP.NET: [AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed)] I find that I cannot add it above an interface declar...

How to get rid of jquery error

Below is my full code, its basic, you select a country and it shows, or hides the correct form underneath, problem is it gives an error "getState" is not define Now I am a total noob at this but how do you debug these kind of errors? <form method="post" name="form1"> <select style="background-color: #ffffa0" name="country" onchan...

Send data to browser

An example: Say, I have an AJAX chat on a page where people can talk to each other. How is it possible to display (send) the message sent by person A to persons B, C and D while they have the chat opened? I understand that technically it works a bit different: the chat(ajax) is reading from DB (or other source), say every second, to fi...

How can I make comments like on stackoverflow?

How can I make comments like on stackoverflow? What I mean more specificly, I use php/mysql how would I add a comment without reloading the page, I know this is a simple process of using AJAX but when you post a comment on SO it also has the option to delete it right away, when I insert comments into my DB there ID number is auto increm...

Long running server process updating a label on the client side. AJAX ASP.Net

I have a long running server side process (gets data via a web service in batches as part of a do/while loop). On each pass through the loop I want to push a status message back to a label control in an update panel on the client. I've tried assigning the value to the label in code behind and then using a timer control to refresh the u...

Use jquery to check MySQL database for changes and load the changes with AJAX?

I have a database of links that users can submit. Every time a user submits a new link it is added to the database. I have a separate page that lists all the submitted links. How can I have this separate page check the database for changes and load them with AJAX when it finds them? ...

Grab Contents of jQuery POST call on C# Page

Hi, New to the jquery ajax methods and I am just wondering how to capture the elements passed in the jquery.ajax() call using POST on a C# (ASP.Net) page. Here is my jquery ajax call: $.ajax({ type: "POST", url: 'UpdateQuickLinks.aspx', data: {"userid": contactid, "update": addString, "remove": remo...

How to call .ajaxStart() on specific ajax calls

I have some ajax calls on the document of a site that display or hide a progress bar depending on the ajax status $(document).ajaxStart(function(){ $('#ajaxProgress').show(); }); $(document).ajaxStop(function(){ $('#ajaxProgress').hide(); }); I would like to basically overwirte these methods on other parts o...

Ajax loading node fields in drupal with jQuery

Right now I'm loading nodes with jquery's $.ajax. By that I mean I simply enter in the node url and then load the whole page. That's probably ridiculous and totally incorrect way to do it. How do I fetch a specific field in a node without loading the kitchen sink? Thanks I also see this module: http://drupal.org/project/js Am I to u...

How are the MVC and AJAX concepts related?

Hello! I'm currently diving into web development after ten years of desktop development and I'm trying to get a high level grasp on the many concepts I'm learning. The two most recent concepts I've been reading up on are MVC (specifically ASP.NET MVC) and AJAX. I understand MVC is a pattern used to separate logic and data and AJAX is ...

Timeout behavior of different browsers?

I am writing an on line chat room based on AJAX/COMET. My design is: Request ----------------- wait -------------------------> send dump data ----------------- wait -------------------------> send dump data ----------------- wait -------------------------> send dump data ----------------- wait -------------------------> send dump d...

Count value from list/menu in ajax

Hello folks.. How to count values of two drop down using ajax or php Example Form Base Price : $10 Color [drop-down] Size [drop-down] Base Price : $10 <select name="color"> <option>Blue</option> <option>White</option> </select> <select name="size"> <option>8</option> <option>10</option> </select> Calculation ...

JavaScript/Ajax/Flash HTTP Request

Hi, i got code like this: swfobject.embedSWF("/Content/open-flash-chart.swf", "my_chart", "750", "300", "9.0.0", "expressInstall.swf", {"data-file":"http://localhost:8803/StatisticService/GetOpenFlashChartStatistic_Json?param1=123&amp;par...

Problem with cakePhp and nested ajax form in firefox 3.5

Hi, Is it possible to have a nested ajax form in cakephp and firefox ? i.e. $ajax->form(form1...) table row $ajax->form(childForm_rowId) $form->end(childForm_rowId) endrow end table $form->end I found this works in IE7, but not in Firefox 3.5.1 Firefox will omit the childForm declaration, so the child ...

Using JQuery to retrieve a physical file and then display it in the browser.

UPDATE: Most of the answers given have just been some way of injecting the returned document into the html of the page, but this does not seem to be working. It might help if you could see what the aspx code is doing after all: Try RenderDocument = Session("docSelected") If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(Request.QueryString("download")...

jQuery - IE6 problem with javascript and content loaded with ajax

I'm having problems with IE6 and javascript applied to ajax content. I'm not able to use any sort of javascript (plain or with jQuery) on the content that is retrieved with ajax. I have my main html page that loads the Header content with ajax (for this task I'm using the jQuery .load() method) Something like <html> <body> <div id="head...

Gracefully Canceling An Ajax Request

I have a page with an update panel and a timer. The page updates every 5 minutes based on the timer. I also have some javascript that forces a __doPostBack on the update panel if another page (launched from the original) is closed. The problem I think I'm having is sometimes the forced post back seems to interrupt the postback triggered ...