I have a table in MySQL: id int not null auto_increment, title varchar(100) not null, description text not null, image_url varchar(200), state varchar(50) not null, approved bool, primary key(id) I am using a check_box for the approved boolean attribute, which on MySQL is actually just an alias for small int. The code for the checkbox in the view is this: <%= check_box(:item, :approved , {} , ''1'', ''0'') %></p> This is working fine, however, my model is leaking into my view here by inidicating that the checkbox should have a ''1'' for checked and a ''0'' for unchecked. Any suggestions on a better way to do this? New to rails and loving it, Dave _______________________________________________ Rails mailing list Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails