similar to: select_tag and :include_blank => true not working

Guys, I searched this forum and found plenty of people having this problem, but I didn''t see any definitive solution. Usings Rails 1.0. When I edit an existing record, I can''t get the basic "select" helper to display the current value contained in the field of the record. All of my other (text) fields populate correctly with current field values. There appears

in my controller @cursos = Curso.find_all in my view i''m trying to do a select_tag with the results @cursos, using a helper select_tag "name" options_for_select(@cursos) --------> not works select_tag "name" @cursos --------> not works how to do it, using the helper? tks -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

When I write var x = "<%= select_tag(:activity_group, options_for_select(activity_grp),{:include_blank => ''Create New Group'', :style => ''width: 100px''}) %>"; where <% activity_grp = @activity_group.map { |ag| [ag.name, ag.id] } %> However, I get error (missing ; before statement) in Firebug because var x = "<select

I must be missing something when it comes to the parameter differences between form FormOptionsHelper select and FormTagHelper select_tag. Code that follows, works perfectly - <%= f.select :unit, units_to_select(@product), :size=>"20"%> The following code, does not. The helper function never even seems to be called. <%= select_tag "unit",

Hello there. I am following a tutorial with rails 2.1 and I have come across a problem where <%= f.label :artist_id %><br /> <%= f.select_tag(:artist_id, options_for_select([[''choose one'', '''']] + @artists.collect {|art| [art.name, art.id]}, @album.artist_id)) %> (Old artist info:<%= @album.artist_old%>) gives undefined method

Hello everyone, I''m just trying to understand some logical reasons behind Rails syntax of "select" and "select_tag". I know I can do this: <%= form.select :card_type, supported_card_types, { :prompt => "Please Select..."} %> which sets a model field in the params hash. If I want to do the same for a non-model field,

Hi, I''m trying to use a select_tag in the following manner: <%= select_tag(:received_at, @select_dates, String(params[:received_at]) ) %> But I get this error: undefined method `stringify_keys'' for "":String Removing the third parameter eliminates the error, but I was hoping that the drop-down list will select whichever string in the drop-down list matches

I have a "Users" object and a "Timesheets" object. Each timesheet entry belongs to a User, which is selected from a drop-down list. The timesheet has a user_id field. (The user needs to have an option to select a different user due to the way our system works.) If i use the "select" object, which is bound to the Timesheet model, using this code: &lt;%= select

Fellow Railers, Is there anything, anywhere, that I can read that discusses overall RoR app design? I have the Agile RoR book, which is great for learning the details of RoR, but unfortunately doesn''t cover the overall issue of creating a large, complex RoR app. My staff and I are still in the process of getting up to speed on Ruby and RoR, but we also need to begin thinking about

Hi iam using select_tag i want selected_option. i have made select _tag like this <%=select_tag(''name'', options_for_select({ :Relevance =>''Relevant'',:Date=>''Recent''}),:selected=>params[:name].to_s) %> The generated html look like this <select selected="Relevant" name="name"

Rails 3: I have a view books/:id/show.html.erb - in the view, I have a form with a select tag to pick a template, that on dropdown should submit the form which rerenders the page based on the selection: <%= form_tag book_path(@book) do %> > > <%= select_tag "template[]", >> options_for_select([["Template1","template1"], ["Template2",

Does ROR allow passing the chosen value from a drop down using select_tag into link_to ? Basically I want to do something like: <%= select_tag( "name", options_for_select(%w{John Doe Jane })) %> <%= link_to "Delete", { :controller => "myname", :action => "add", :id => name },

Hi, I''m new in developint rails (but I love rails). I would like to react on changing a field in the view (no model field) from a selection box to show the number of rows (which I used in the controller). In the controller I read the params-hash: ... @rowsperpage = params[''rowsperpage''].to_i ... In the view I have the field, where I like to react directly. ...

I need to add a blank or dashed field to the options_from_collection_for_select helper but can''t seem to get it to work. Tried this, but with no effect: <%= options_from_collection_for_select @airlines, ''id'', ''name''], {:include_blank=>true} %> Anyone know how to do this? Thanks, -S -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi all Is there a way to set a display value for :include_blank => true? Because an empty <option></option> tag is not valid XHTML 1.1 code according to Firefox''s Tidy... Thanks for info. :-) Joshua -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I have a select_tag in my view that uses options_for_select with multiple = true. I am having trouble figuring out the Rails way to create and update that field. Please help. Models: ------------- Service has_many AccessControl AccessControl belongs_to Service application.rb ------------------------- $types = Array["Athens", "htpasswd", "IP", "None",

What am I doing wrong here: select_tag(''website_ids[]'', options_from_collection_for_select(Website.find_all, ''id'', ''name'', params[:website_ids]), {:multiple => true, :size => 5}) It works fine except that it does not display the selected options once the form is submitted (it submits to the same page). The

Hi All, Inside my app\views\expenses\new.html.erb file, I had the code: <% form_for(@expense) do |f| %> [snip] <p> <%= f.label :vendor %><br /> <%= f.text_field :vendor %> <br /> <div id="vendor_droplist> <%= select_tag "test", options_for_select(@current_vendors.collect { |v| v.nickname }), {:multiple

Hello again, I have a table called line_items, with the following fields: id int item_name varchar() qty int conditions text I''ve made my LineItem model, and everything works as such (with simple text_fields).. Now I''d like for the conditions field to be a select_tag() with multiple choice possibility. I''m guessing I need some code to expand/restract the array for

hi, i would like to change a partial in my view with the change of the item in a select_tag: in the view: <%= observe_field("payment_id", :url => {:controller =>''user_admins'' ,:action => ''rend_part''},:on => ''change'', :frequency => 0.1) %> <%= select( "payment", "id", { "Visa"