Rails - Jun 2006 - options_for_select-how to store cookie selected value ques.

#Controller

cookies[:state] = state

        if state != nil and state.to_i != -1
            conditions << ''stateid = ?''
            cond_args << state
            cookies[:state] = state
        end


        if !cookies[:state].blank?
            @default_state = cookies[:state]
        else
            @default_state = ""
        end

# view - html

            State:
                <td><%= select_tag "stateid", 
options_for_select(@state_names, :selected => @default_state) 
%></td>

SOURCE OF HTML

         <td>State</td>
*** I WANT THE VALUE IN THE State value="5.0" as the cookie.

                <td><select id="stateid"
name="stateid">
<option value="-1">Any</option>
<option value="0.0">OPEN</option>
<option selected value="5.0">CLOSED</option>
<option value="6.0">TEST</option>

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