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Checking for "observe_field" in http://api.rubyonrails.org/ gave me the answer.

If you use the following test code in the controller

def live_search

    render_text "<p> "+ params.inspect + ".</p>"

  end

I'll see the function 'observe_field' will not return the text unless told to do so (you were probably expected to retrive the field directly through the DOM).

change the rhtml to:

<label for="searchtext">Live Search:</label>

			<%= text_field_tag :searchtext %>

			<%= observe_field(:searchtext,

                 :frequency => 0.25,

                 :update => :search_hits,

                 :with => "searchtext",

                 :url => { :action => :live_search }) %>

			<p>Search Results:</p>

			<div id="search_hits"></div>


That will do it (until I learn to fetch the fields directly).


Best Regards

G.