Refactoring the otu ajax example.

app/controllers/otus_controller.rb

@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ def search
     redirect_to otu_path(params[:otu][:id])
   end
 
- def auto_complete
-    @otus = Otu.where('name LIKE ?', "#{params[:term]}%") # find_for_auto_complete(conditions, table_name)
+ def autocomplete
+    @otus = Otu.find_for_autocomplete(params)
 
     data = @otus.collect do |t|
       {id: t.id,

app/models/otu.rb

@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ def sv_duplicate_otu
   end
   #endregion
 
+  def self.find_for_autocomplete(params)
+    where('name LIKE ?', "#{params[:term]}%") 
+  end
+
+
   # Generate a CSV version of the raw Otus table for the given project_id
   # Ripped from http://railscasts.com/episodes/362-exporting-csv-and-excel
   def self.generate_download(project_id: nil)

app/views/elements/forms/_ajax_select.html.erb

@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 <%# Configuration for all pickers  -%>
 <% css_class ||= 'ajaxPicker' -%>
-<% action ||= "auto_complete".html_safe -%>
+<% action ||= "autocomplete".html_safe -%>
 
-<%# Taxon name specific  -%>
-<% name_group ||= 'all' -%>
-<% use_proj ||= 'true'  -%>
-
-<%# Geog name specific  -%>
-<% geog_types ||= 'all' -%>
-
-<% url = url_for({:proj_id => (@proj ? @proj.id : nil), :controller => controller, :action => action, :tag_id => tag_id, :method => "#{object}[#{method}]",
-    :name_group => name_group, :use_proj => use_proj, :escape => false, :geog_types => geog_types}) -%>
+<% url = url_for({
+  proj_id:    (@proj ? @proj.id : nil),
+  controller: controller,
+  action:     action,
+  tag_id:     tag_id,
+  method:     "#{object}[#{method}]",
+  escape:     false}) -%>
 
 <input autocomplete="off"
       title="find and select <%= controller.pluralize.html_safe -%>"