Rails - Jul 2006 - How do I check the retuned value from check_box_tag?

Hi,

I have this in my form

<%= check_box_tag(@accept, value = "1", checked = false)  %>

Which puts a nice checkbox on my form but when I try to retrieve the
value that is returned, which I expect to find in @accept, there is
nothing. How do I check the returned value?

Thanks,

Paul Thompson

> I have this in my form
>
> <%= check_box_tag(@accept, value = "1", checked = false) 
%>
>
> Which puts a nice checkbox on my form but when I try to retrieve the
> value that is returned, which I expect to find in @accept, there is
> nothing. How do I check the returned value?
The docs say:

check_box_tag(name, value = "1", checked = false, options = {})

I think what you want is:

<%= check_box_tag(''accept'', value = "1", checked
= false)  %>

and then you''ll find the value in params[:accept].

Or you want check_box, which takes and object and a method... see the 
docs...

-philip

The api entry looks like this...

*check_box_tag*(name, value = "1", checked = false, options = {})

You want a name like "accept" rather than "@accept"

and you would access it with params[:accept]

On 7/19/06, Paul Jonathan Thompson <rails001@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have this in my form
>
> <%= check_box_tag(@accept, value = "1", checked = false) 
%>
>
> Which puts a nice checkbox on my form but when I try to retrieve the
> value that is returned, which I expect to find in @accept, there is
> nothing. How do I check the returned value?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul Thompson
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Thanks Philip, it works just fine now. I must admit that as new to OOP
rails and Ruby, I find the documentation somewhat obscure.

Regards,

Paul

On 20/07/06, Philip Hallstrom <rails@philip.pjkh.com>
wrote:
> > I have this in my form
> >
> > <%= check_box_tag(@accept, value = "1", checked = false) 
%>
> >
> > Which puts a nice checkbox on my form but when I try to retrieve the
> > value that is returned, which I expect to find in @accept, there is
> > nothing. How do I check the returned value?
>
> The docs say:
>
> check_box_tag(name, value = "1", checked = false, options = {})
>
> I think what you want is:
>
> <%= check_box_tag(''accept'', value = "1",
checked = false)  %>
>
> and then you''ll find the value in params[:accept].
>
> Or you want check_box, which takes and object and a method... see the
> docs...
>
> -philip
>
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> Rails mailing list
> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>