gistfile1.rhtml

# New way of handling both HTML and AJAX requests RESTfully in the view templates
# Below are the (uncommitted) changes I've made to the contacts views
# contacts/index.html.erb
<%= render :partial =>  'patients/patientnav', :locals => {:page => "demographics"} %>

<div id="patient_section" class="casecontent">
  <%= render :partial => "index" %>
</div>

<%= render :partial =>  'patients/patientnavend' %>

# contacts/_index.html.erb
<div class="panel">
  <div class="panelheader" style="z-index:0">
    <div class="title">Patient Contacts</div>
    <div class="panelheadercontrols" style="top:2px; right: 3px">
      <%= button_to_function "Add Contact", "YAHOO.optimis.addOrEditDialog( 'Add Contact', 'patient_section', 
        '#{  new_patient_contact_path(@patient) }',
        '#{  patient_contacts_path(@patient) }');return false;" %>
    </div>
  </div>

  <table width="95%">
    # ...
  </table>
</div>

# contacts/index.js.erb
jQuery("#<%= params[:dest] %>")
  .html("<%= escape_javascript(render :partial => "index") %>");