Rails - Jun 2006 - setting selected option in select

I am working on employee scheduling app and am trying to set a drop down 
list for store hours.  I am having trouble setting a default selected 
for the list.  Anybody have any suggestions.  example code is below:

I have an array set in model Storeday

TIME_TYPES =[
[ "12:00am", "0:00" ],
[ "12:15am", "0:15" ],
[ "12:30am", "0:30" ],
[ "12:45am", "0:45" ],
[ "1:00am", "1:00" ],
[ "1:15am", "1:15" ],
[ "1:30am", "1:30" ],
.
.
.
.
[ "11:00pm", "23:00" ],
[ "11:15pm", "23:15" ],
[ "11:30pm", "23:30" ],
[ "11:45pm", "23:45" ]
        ].freeze

In my controller I set
<%time_choices = Storeday::TIME_TYPES%>

Then I have a select helper

      <%=select("storeday", "open_time", time_choices,
options =
{:selected => "1:00"})%>

Using this code I can''t get the selected to default to the time I want.
Any suggestions??

Thanks

Alex

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Alex,

i might have a solutions. Maybe the code I give can make it work,
after that yo can fine tune it. Here''s what I did:

In my model (like you did):
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TIME_TYPES =[
["12:00am","01:00" ],
["01:00am","02:00" ],
["02:00am","03:00" ],
["04:00am","05:00" ]].freeze


In my Controller:
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def page
  @time_choices = Mymodel::TIME_TYPES
end

I made my time_choices available for my view.
Maybe you don''t need to do that!

In my view page.rhtml
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<select name="storeday">
<% 4.times do |i| %>
 <option value="<%= @time_choices[i][1]%>"
   <%= '' selected'' if @time_choices[i][1] ==
''02:00'' %>>
   <%= @time_choices[i][0]%>
 </option>
<% end %>
</select>

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<% 4.times do |i| %>  is the amount of ''rows'' in
@time_choices

@time_choices[i][1]%> 
01:00
02:00
03:00
05:00

@time_choices[i][0]%> 
12:00am
01:00am
02:00am
04:00am

<%= '' selected'' if @time_choices[i][1] ==
''02:00'' %>
selects the option with value 02:00
(= 01:00am in selectmenu)

I''ll hope you''ll have some usefull information here.
micheldogger




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For you''re info,

I''ve been trying to make :selected work, in you''re code:

<%=select("storeday", "open_time", time_choices,
          options = {:selected => "1:00"})%>

I''ve tried any possible way I no, but I couldn''t figure it
out.
Maybe someone else?

micheldogger


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