Comments on: Drag and drop reordering of database fields (sortables) with Mootools

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:43:02 +0000

@Neil thank you for your correction. I think I will leave the bad usage in situ for prosperity and the fact that the article makes perfect sense even with this glaring error . Of course, this is a tutorial on a technical subject and not an exercise in perfect English.

Now onto the import stuff. You are missing something. The server side code is essential to update the database. So your analogy of a hammer doesn’t work. Here’s a better one: it’s like using a hammer to hammer in a nail. I guess the clue is in the title of the post – unless of course you are aware of a client side method of updating a server side database without any server side code.

You can’t be right all the time, as I prove with my English.

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:17:45 +0000

I’m a former editor, so I have to jump in here for a moment. You can’t “substitute” anything “with” something else; you “substitute for” and you “replace with.” That’s standard English usage, and it’s being ignored more and more commonly. Here’s a reference you can check for yourself: http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/substitute.html

Now to your recipe. Why would you ever use server-side code to do a simple sort? Am I missing something here, like it’s just an illustration of a larger idea? That’s like using a hammer (one that’s already on call for a lot of important tasks) to kill an ant… and the hammer is on the other side of town.

So I’m a bit confused, I guess……..

By: Shanan

Shanan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:27:14 +0000

AJ is right. I have played with this script alot.

Make the following changes:

Your Javascript for the page should now be:

window.addEvent(‘domready’, function() {

new Sortables($(‘sortlist’), {
onComplete: function() {
//new Ajax(“director_data_order.php?order=”+this.serialize(function(el) {})).request();
var myRequest = new Request({method: ‘get’, url: ‘director_data_order.php’});
myRequest.send(“order=”+this.serialize(function(el) {}));

}
});

});

This will work with the latest version of Mootools and will solve problems mention in comments above.

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:27:04 +0000

Yes, Mootools changed. The Ajax is now Request. Check mootools docs for Request

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:24:29 +0000

I’m having the same problem as Danny. It gives me an error for the Ajax command. Using 1.2.3.

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:18:49 +0000

I am receiving a JS error for the ‘Ajax’ command, has the mootools script changed since this?

Message: ‘Ajax’ is undefined
Line: 275
Char: 1

By: Max

Max — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:19:49 +0000

Hi,

could you pack a zip folder with all needed files?
I tried your example but it isn’t working (it’s not possible to drag an entry)

By: Guillem

Guillem — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:07:53 +0000

I there any way to make it work with hash.cookie?
By the way, i’m not a programmer but a designer.

Thanks a lot.

regards,
Guillem