Rails - Jan 2006 - prompting to choose an item from a select box

Hi:

Sad question, I know.  I saw it somewhere but can''t rediscover it. I  
have a collection_select and want to add a prompt so the dropdown  
displays  "select one"

How is that done?

thanks.

bruce

bruce balmer wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> Sad question, I know.  I saw it somewhere but can''t rediscover it.
I
> have a collection_select and want to add a prompt so the dropdown
> displays  "select one"
> 
> How is that done?
> 
> thanks.
> 
> bruce
<%= select(''object'',''method'',options,
{:prompt => "Choose one"} %>

Make sure the ''method'' attribute in your
''objects'' table defaults to
NULL or this won''t work.

Use a verify_presence_of :method clause in your model to make sure the 
user selects something.

I also find this handy... http://api.rubyonrails.com/

_Kevin

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