Rails - May 2006 - select :selected doesn''t actually generate a selected option

All,

I have code that looks like this:

<%= select(''date'', ''month'', [
	["1?","1"],
	["2?","2"],
	["3?","3"],
	["4?","4"],
	["5?","5"],
	["6?","6"],
	["7?","7"],
	["8?","8"],
	["9?","9"],
	["10?","10"],
	["11?","11"],
	["12?","12"]], :selected => @month, :include_blank =>
false ) %> <%select_year(Date.new(@year, @month, 1)) %> <%=
submit_tag ''??'' %>

where @month is the number of the current calendar month. I''ve tried
it with to_s if that was the problem, I''ve tried just :selected =>
5,
or :selected => "5", but nothing affects it - there is never an
<option selected> in the generated html.

Is it broken, is it just because I''m using utf8 strings (doubtful) or
am I just doing something horribly wrong?

Thanks.

> <%= select(''date'', ''month'', [
>         ["1?","1"],
>         ["2?","2"],
>         ["3?","3"],
>         ["4?","4"],
>         ["5?","5"],
>         ["6?","6"],
>         ["7?","7"],
>         ["8?","8"],
>         ["9?","9"],
>         ["10?","10"],
>         ["11?","11"],
>         ["12?","12"]], :selected => @month,
:include_blank => false ) %> <%> select_year(Date.new(@year, @month,
1)) %> <%= submit_tag ''??'' %>
<...>
> Is it broken, is it just because I''m using utf8 strings (doubtful)
or
> am I just doing something horribly wrong?
Hi,

you may use either :selected => @month.to_s, or have your pairs in this form:
["1?", 1].

Both work for me, but I''d go with:
<%= select(''date'', ''month'',
(1..12).to_a.map { |m| ["#{m}?",m]},
:selected => @month, :include_blank => false ) %>



Regards,
Rimantas
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