Rails - May 2006 - does select support arrays in a form with multiple models?

i have a one-to-many model (an addressbook of contacts with many phone 
numbers).  i want to represent a select element so that its name is an 
array containing the phone_number id...

<select id="phone_number_1_location_or_kind" 
name="phone_number[1][location_or_kind]">
<option value="Work">Work</option>
<option value="Home">Home</option>
<option value="Fax">Fax</option>
</select>

other form elements (such as text_field) allow for this, but i haven''t 
found a way of getting the select element to work with arrays.

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jose wrote:
> i have a one-to-many model (an addressbook of contacts with many phone 
> numbers).  i want to represent a select element so that its name is an 
> array containing the phone_number id...
> 
> <select id="phone_number_1_location_or_kind" 
> name="phone_number[1][location_or_kind]">
> <option value="Work">Work</option>
> <option value="Home">Home</option>
> <option value="Fax">Fax</option>
> </select>
> 
> other form elements (such as text_field) allow for this, but i
haven''t
> found a way of getting the select element to work with arrays.
The above should work.  Written as a helper call:

select :phone_number, :location_or_kind, %w(Work Home Fax), {}, :index => 1

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