Rails - Jan 2006 - set date with date_select

when retreiving a date from a DATETIME field in a database, is there a
way to set the date to the value of the DB in the view?  It seems to
always default to the current date...

if I have a field called birthdate in the users table and i do

@user = User.find(@params[:id])

 in my view i have a <%= date_select
''birthdate'',''user'' %>

but dont know how to set a value for date_select that isnt the current date.

Any ideas ?

thanks
adam

On 1/6/06, Adam Denenberg <straightflush@gmail.com>
wrote:
> when retreiving a date from a DATETIME field in a database, is there a
> way to set the date to the value of the DB in the view?  It seems to
> always default to the current date...
>
> if I have a field called birthdate in the users table and i do
>
> @user = User.find(@params[:id])
>
>  in my view i have a <%= date_select
''birthdate'',''user'' %>
>
> but dont know how to set a value for date_select that isnt the current
date.
>
You''ve got the parameters reversed; the ActiveRecord instance comes
first:
http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/DateHelper.html#M000381

Also, if you need the TIME part of the DATETIME column, you may want
datetime_select instead.

sorry your right,i typed it wrong in the email, its correct in my
view.  However i still dont know how to populate the ''default''
values
of the month/day/year.  it always defaults to the current date.  How
do i set the birthdate(1i) pieces of the object so that the form has
the values from the DB and not the current date?

thanks
adam


On 1/7/06, Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 1/6/06, Adam Denenberg <straightflush@gmail.com> wrote:
> > when retreiving a date from a DATETIME field in a database, is there a
> > way to set the date to the value of the DB in the view?  It seems to
> > always default to the current date...
> >
> > if I have a field called birthdate in the users table and i do
> >
> > @user = User.find(@params[:id])
> >
> >  in my view i have a <%= date_select
''birthdate'',''user'' %>
> >
> > but dont know how to set a value for date_select that isnt the current
date.
> >
> You''ve got the parameters reversed; the ActiveRecord instance
comes first:
>
http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/DateHelper.html#M000381
>
> Also, if you need the TIME part of the DATETIME column, you may want
> datetime_select instead.
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date_select should be handling that for you, assuming:
1. You call it <%= date_select ''user'',
''birthdate'' %>
2. @user is an instance variable that has been set.
3. @user.respond_to?(:birthdate)
4. @user.birthdate returns a Date.

Make sure all four of those things are true, and you should be OK.

On 1/7/06, Adam Denenberg <straightflush@gmail.com>
wrote:
> sorry your right,i typed it wrong in the email, its correct in my
> view.  However i still dont know how to populate the
''default'' values
> of the month/day/year.  it always defaults to the current date.  How
> do i set the birthdate(1i) pieces of the object so that the form has
> the values from the DB and not the current date?
>
> thanks
> adam
>
>
> On 1/7/06, Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 1/6/06, Adam Denenberg <straightflush@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > when retreiving a date from a DATETIME field in a database, is
there a
> > > way to set the date to the value of the DB in the view?  It seems
to
> > > always default to the current date...
> > >
> > > if I have a field called birthdate in the users table and i do
> > >
> > > @user = User.find(@params[:id])
> > >
> > >  in my view i have a <%= date_select
''birthdate'',''user'' %>
> > >
> > > but dont know how to set a value for date_select that isnt the
current date.
> > >
> > You''ve got the parameters reversed; the ActiveRecord instance
comes first:
> >
http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/DateHelper.html#M000381
> >
> > Also, if you need the TIME part of the DATETIME column, you may want
> > datetime_select instead.
> > _______________________________________________
> > Rails mailing list
> > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> >
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Adam:
On Jan 6, 2006, at 8:36 PM, Adam Denenberg wrote:
>
> but dont know how to set a value for date_select that isnt the  
> current date.
[untested]
date_select "birthday", "user", :start_year =>  
user.birthday.year, :start_month => user.birthday.mon, :start_day =>  
user.birthday.day

Cheers,
Hasan Diwan <hasan.diwan@gmail.com>

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