Thank you so much for the responses.
I tried both methods, but none worked for me. I am guessing I have
something typed wrongly. With the first method I came up with:
def index():
form = SQLFORM.factory(Field('City', requires=IS_IN_DB(db,
'cities.id', '%(name)s',error_message='Please select a city',
zero="Please select a city")),
submit_button='Next'
)
c = form.element(_name='City')
c['onchange'] = XML("ajax('callback', ['City'], 'target');")
if form.process().accepted:
session.city = request.vars.City
redirect(URL('clients'))
return dict(form=form)
def callback():
return "Function is working"
and my view has a <div id="target"> in it. The drop-down menu is
showing fine. But the onchange event is not working. =(
Any ideas?
On Feb 6, 9:26 am, Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Another option is to handle it entirely on the client side via jQuery (in a
> script tag or a loaded script):
>
> $(function() {
> $('select[name="City"]').change(function() {
> ajax('function_name', ['City'], 'target_div');
> });
>
> });
>
> Anthony
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> On Monday, February 6, 2012 9:25:29 AM UTC-5, DenesL wrote:
>
> > You can use the element function on the created form to locate the
> > field (as explained in the book section "Server-side DOM and Parsing"
> > in chapter 5) and add the onchange to it:
>
> > c = form.element(_name='City')
> > c['onchange'] = XML("ajax('function_name', ['City'], 'target_div');")
>
> > On Feb 6, 4:05 am, shartha <m.mirghorb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I have a drop-down menu created from a field in my DB using
> > > SQLForm.factory. How can I assign an Ajax function to the onchange
> > > event of the drop-down menu?
>
> > > The drop-down menu is created from a table called "cities" by:
>
> > > form = SQLFORM.factory(Field('City', requires=IS_IN_DB(db,
> > > 'cities.id', '%(name)s',error_message='Please select a city',
> > > zero=None)), submit_button='Next')
>
> > > I would like to have an ajax function that has the city selected from
> > > the drop-down menu as a parameter and is run every time the selection
> > > changes. Something like:
>
> > > onchange="ajax('function_name', ['City'], 'target_div');"
>
> > > Any help would be appreciated.
>
> > > Thanks.
