Update select tag dynamically with ajax in rails

Question

I have two dropdowns in a view, and I\'m attempting to update the second dropdown options based on the selected value from the first dropdown.

I am aware of the Railscas

Answer 1

Add escape_javascript to escape carrier returns, single and double quotes that get generated by options_from_collection_for_select.

I do not see any other problems except adding call to escape_javascript. Please try the following in your js.erb:

<% if @filterProducts  %>
    $('#product_id').html("<%= escape_javascript options_from_collection_for_select(@products, :id, :name) %>");
<% end %>