dr plutes wrote:> ...or my ineptitude?
>
>
> I found that the following is always checking the last
''things'' button
> regardless of the value of query.table:
>
> People:<%= radio_button_tag("query", "table",
"P") %>
> Animals:<%= radio_button_tag("query", "table",
"A") %>
> Things:<%= radio_button_tag("query", "table",
"T") %>
>
> But the following works correctly:
>
> People:<%= radio_button(:query, :table, "P") %>
> Animals:<%= radio_button(:query, :table, "A") %>
> Things:<%= radio_button(:query, :table, "T") %>
>
>
That looks like one of those places that symbols and strings are not
created equal. Don''t worry about it, it''s Rails being a tad
quirky :-)
In general, in Ruby, symbols and strings are very different creatures.
Rails goes through quite a few contortions to make them
interchangeable, but there are a few places that slip through the cracks...
--
Alex