Rails - Sep 2005 - Scaffolding: date field generating year select with value 2000+ only

The subject line pretty much says it all. I have just started a new
app and done nothing more than create my controller and model, and put
in the scaffold method call passing it the appropriate model. The new
action displays the form as expected but for one thing: the
''year''
select of the three generated for my date field only provides values
2000 and up. How do I change this? Is there a special naming
convention I should use because it is a date of birth field?

on 9/19/2005 4:59 PM Seth Rasmussen said the following:
>The subject line pretty much says it all. I have just started a new
>app and done nothing more than create my controller and model, and put
>in the scaffold method call passing it the appropriate model. The new
>action displays the form as expected but for one thing: the
''year''
>select of the three generated for my date field only provides values
>2000 and up. How do I change this? Is there a special naming
>convention I should use because it is a date of birth field?
>  
>
Somewhere in your views, probably in _form.rhtml, there is a date_select. Add,
or change the :start_year parameter.

Something like, date_select( :start_year => 1900 ) would do the trick.

Ray

Ray, you''re sort of like my guardian angel here so far. ;)
> Somewhere in your views, probably in _form.rhtml, there is a date_select.
Add, or change the :start_year parameter.
> 
> Something like, date_select( :start_year => 1900 ) would do the trick.
Is _form.rhtml a template generated with the rails command that is
referenced for the output of the scaffold method?

Thanks.

Ah, I see the file you were speaking of is created when the scaffold
method is called from the generator script.

I was wondering if there is anyway to edit that select as I had
discussed while using the dynamic scaffolding created by using the
scaffold method in the controller.

On Sep 19, 2005, at 6:06 PM, Seth Rasmussen wrote:
> Ray, you''re sort of like my guardian angel here so far. ;)
>
>
>> Somewhere in your views, probably in _form.rhtml, there is a  
>> date_select. Add, or change the :start_year parameter.
>>
>> Something like, date_select( :start_year => 1900 ) would do the  
>> trick.
>>
>
> Is _form.rhtml a template generated with the rails command that is
> referenced for the output of the scaffold method?
>
> Thanks.
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Seth-
     There''s a difference between using the scaffold command in your  
controller like   scaffold :model    and generating a scaffold on the  
command line. I think what you want is to explicitely generate the  
code on the command line like this:

#from the root of your rails project assuming you want a  
PostController and a Post model
$ ruby script/generate scaffold post Post

     If you do it this way rails will generate all the code for your  
scaffold and let you edit it however you want. When you just run the  
scaffold command in your controller rails generates the scaffold code  
behind the scenes and you won''t ever actually _see_ the code. So try  
runnnig the generate scaffold command and then look in you app/ 
controllers app/models and app/views forlders and you will get to see  
the code and build on it. This is a great way to see what''s actually  
going on and the you can customize your app from a running start.

HTH
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