Rails - Dec 2005 - setting default selection in select options?

I am creating a select drop down list using the following syntax:

<%
options = [["Select Country", " "]] +
      @countries.collect {|c|[ c.name, c.id]}
    select( "country", "id", options, {:selected => 0})  
%>

where @countries is collection object built from my database. With this 
code it always select "United States" country by default but I would 
like to select "Select a Country" option. Is it possible to do that?
Is
rails hard coded to select "United States" if found in the collection?

Jeet

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Looks like I have a fix for my problem. I renamed my collection to a 
different name and it now shows the first member of the selection 
"Select Country" in the drop down. May be the variable name
"countries"
is something Rails uses, wierd!!

--Jeet

jeet wrote:
> I am creating a select drop down list using the following syntax:
> 
> <%
> options = [["Select Country", " "]] +
>       @countries.collect {|c|[ c.name, c.id]}
>     select( "country", "id", options, {:selected =>
0})    %>
> 
> where @countries is collection object built from my database. With this 
> code it always select "United States" country by default but I
would
> like to select "Select a Country" option. Is it possible to do
that? Is
> rails hard coded to select "United States" if found in the
collection?
> 
> Jeet

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