Rails - Sep 2005 - adding an additional option to collection_select

Hello,

I am generating this <select>

<%    @humans = Person.find(:all, :order => "name")
    collection_select(:news, :person_id, @humans, :id, :name)
%>

How can I add an option where they can choose "no one" with a value of
nil?

Thanks!
jeremy.

On 9/9/05, jeremy*pinnix
<jpinnix.alt-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am generating this <select>
> 
> <%>     @humans = Person.find(:all, :order => "name")
>     collection_select(:news, :person_id, @humans, :id, :name)
> %>
> 
> How can I add an option where they can choose "no one" with a
value of nil?
> 
Add this after the find, but before the collection_select tag.
@humans.unshift(["No one",""])

There are probably numerous other ways to do it, though.

--Wilson.

collection_select(:news, :person_id, @humans, :id, :name, { :prompt =>
"no one"})

On 9/9/05, jeremy*pinnix
<jpinnix.alt-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am generating this <select>
> 
> <%>     @humans = Person.find(:all, :order => "name")
>     collection_select(:news, :person_id, @humans, :id, :name)
> %>
> 
> How can I add an option where they can choose "no one" with a
value of nil?
> 
> Thanks!
> jeremy.
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