1. If you are doing a ajax request it should prefferably be JSON.
2. For Json, check for a file named contacts.json.erb in contacts folder.
3. You can try using remote true, much clean and better option than ajax/json requests.

Check this : http://railscasts.com/episodes/205-unobtrusive-javascript

1. If you are doing a ajax request it should prefferably be JSON.
2. For Json, check for a file named contacts.json.erb in contacts folder.
3. You can try using remote true, much clean and better option than ajax/json requests.

Check this : http://railscasts.com/episodes/205-unobtrusive-javascript

try putting in your controller

respond_to do |format| format.html format.json { render :json=> {:success => true, :id => @contact.id } } end 

Something like this.

1. If you are doing a ajax request it should prefferably be JSON.
2. For Json, check for a file named contacts.json.erb in contacts folder.
3. You can try using remote true, much clean and better option than ajax/json requests.

1. If you are doing a ajax request it should prefferably be JSON.
2. For Json, check for a file named contacts.json.erb in contacts folder.
3. You can try using remote true, much clean and better option than ajax/json requests.

Check this : http://railscasts.com/episodes/205-unobtrusive-javascript