Rails - Jul 2006 - Trying to create pulldown select menu for US State form fiel

I noticed there is a country_select. Is there anything like
us_state_select maybe?

More specifically - I''m wondering if I manually have to populate an
array with all the U.S. state abbreviations so users can select which
state they live in while entering their mailing address.

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On Sun, 2006-07-09 at 00:24 +0200, sfdesigner wrote:
> I noticed there is a country_select. Is there anything like
> us_state_select maybe?
> 
> More specifically - I''m wondering if I manually have to populate
an
> array with all the U.S. state abbreviations so users can select which
> state they live in while entering their mailing address.
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I would recommend that route...yes

Craig

Craig White wrote:
> I would recommend that route...yes
> 
I think I''ve got it now. Thanks for the pointer.

For new and edit I have a partial _form.rhtml that is includes this...

<% us_states = [["","Select State..."],
["AL","Alabama"],
["AK","Alaska"], ["AZ","Arizona"],
["AR","Arkansas"],
["CA","California"], ["CO","Colorado"],
["CT","Connecticut"],
["DE","Delaware"], ["DC","District of
Columbia"], ["FL","Florida"],
["GA","Georgia"], ["HI","Hawaii"],
["ID","Idaho"], ["IL","Illinois"],
["IN","Indiana"], ["IA","Iowa"],
["KS","Kansas"], ["KY","Kentucky"],
["LA","Louisiana"], ["ME","Maine"],
["MD","Maryland"],
["MA","Massachusetts"],
["MI","Michigan"], ["MN","Minnesota"],
["MS","Mississippi"], ["MO","Missouri"],
["MT","Montana"],
["NE","Nebraska"], ["NV","Nevada"],
["NH","New Hampshire"], ["NJ","New
Jersey"], ["NM","New Mexico"],
["NY","New York"], ["NC","North
Carolina"], ["ND","North Dakota"],
["OH","Ohio"], ["OK","Oklahoma"],
["OR","Oregon"], ["PA","Pennsylvania"],
["RI","Rhode Island"],
["SC","South Carolina"], ["SD","South
Dakota"], ["TN","Tennessee"],
["TX","Texas"], ["UT","Utah"],
["VT","Vermont"], ["VA","Virginia"],
["WA","Washington"], ["WV","West
Virginia"], ["WI","Wisconsin"],
["WY","Wyoming"]] %>

<select id="client_state" name="client[state]">
  <% us_states.each do |state| %>
    <option value="<%= state[0] %>"<%= ''
selected'' if state[0] ==
@client.state %>><%= state[1] %></option>
  <% end %>
</select>

Thanks,
DAN

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That''s too much Ruby in that their view!

Better to see this in a helper.

def select_state_for_user
       [["","Select State..."],
["AL","Alabama"],
        ["AK","Alaska"],
["AZ","Arizona"], ["AR","Arkansas"],
        ["CA","California"],
["CO","Colorado"], ["CT","Connecticut"],
        ["DE","Delaware"], ["DC","District of
Columbia"],
["FL","Florida"],
        ["GA","Georgia"],
["HI","Hawaii"], ["ID","Idaho"],
["IL","Illinois"],
        ["IN","Indiana"], ["IA","Iowa"],
["KS","Kansas"],
["KY","Kentucky"],
        ["LA","Louisiana"],
["ME","Maine"], ["MD","Maryland"],
        ["MA","Massachusetts"],
["MI","Michigan"], ["MN","Minnesota"],
        ["MS","Mississippi"],
["MO","Missouri"], ["MT","Montana"],
        ["NE","Nebraska"],
["NV","Nevada"], ["NH","New Hampshire"],
["NJ","New
        Jersey"], ["NM","New Mexico"],
["NY","New York"], ["NC","North
        Carolina"], ["ND","North Dakota"],
["OH","Ohio"],
["OK","Oklahoma"],
        ["OR","Oregon"],
["PA","Pennsylvania"], ["RI","Rhode
Island"],
        ["SC","South Carolina"], ["SD","South
Dakota"],
["TN","Tennessee"],
        ["TX","Texas"], ["UT","Utah"],
["VT","Vermont"],
["VA","Virginia"],
        ["WA","Washington"], ["WV","West
Virginia"], ["WI","Wisconsin"],
        ["WY","Wyoming"]]
end

Then in a view:

<%= select user'', ''state'', select_state_for_user
->

In helpers/application.rb

In the controller, accessible as:

params[:user][:state]

or, hopefully,

object = User.new(params[:user])

On Jul 9, 2006, at 1:44 AM, sfdesigner wrote:
> Craig White wrote:
>> I would recommend that route...yes
>>
>
> I think I''ve got it now. Thanks for the pointer.
>
> For new and edit I have a partial _form.rhtml that is includes this...
>
> <% us_states = [["","Select State..."],
["AL","Alabama"],
> ["AK","Alaska"], ["AZ","Arizona"],
["AR","Arkansas"],
> ["CA","California"],
["CO","Colorado"], ["CT","Connecticut"],
> ["DE","Delaware"], ["DC","District of
Columbia"], ["FL","Florida"],
> ["GA","Georgia"], ["HI","Hawaii"],
["ID","Idaho"], ["IL","Illinois"],
> ["IN","Indiana"], ["IA","Iowa"],
["KS","Kansas"], ["KY","Kentucky"],
> ["LA","Louisiana"], ["ME","Maine"],
["MD","Maryland"],
> ["MA","Massachusetts"],
["MI","Michigan"], ["MN","Minnesota"],
> ["MS","Mississippi"],
["MO","Missouri"], ["MT","Montana"],
> ["NE","Nebraska"], ["NV","Nevada"],
["NH","New Hampshire"], ["NJ","New
> Jersey"], ["NM","New Mexico"],
["NY","New York"], ["NC","North
> Carolina"], ["ND","North Dakota"],
["OH","Ohio"], ["OK","Oklahoma"],
> ["OR","Oregon"],
["PA","Pennsylvania"], ["RI","Rhode
Island"],
> ["SC","South Carolina"], ["SD","South
Dakota"], ["TN","Tennessee"],
> ["TX","Texas"], ["UT","Utah"],
["VT","Vermont"], ["VA","Virginia"],
> ["WA","Washington"], ["WV","West
Virginia"], ["WI","Wisconsin"],
> ["WY","Wyoming"]] %>
>
> <select id="client_state" name="client[state]">
>   <% us_states.each do |state| %>
>     <option value="<%= state[0] %>"<%= ''
selected'' if state[0] => @client.state %>><%= state[1]
%></option>
>   <% end %>
> </select>
>
> Thanks,
> DAN
>
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Thanks - I''ve placed the array in my application_helper.rb as a def 
since I''m sure I''ll be using this in other areas as I develop
more. I''m
also using selects more for other data points and it''s all much cleaner
now.

Using the rails select statement is nice since it automagically adds 
selected="selected" to an option tag in the edit view while still 
defaulting to the first option in the new view. It also highlights the 
select menu pulldown if I try to submit the form and the model 
validation isn''t met such as with "validates_presence_of
:state". Nice.

I did need to switch the order of the abbreviation, statename to 
statename, abbreviation to get the select option values set to the 
abbreviation instead of the statename the way I wanted while showing the 
statenames for users to choose from.

Does adding the params or object statement to application.rb add some 
other flexibility?

Thanks again,
DAN

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On Sun, 2006-07-09 at 19:34 +0200, sfdesigner wrote:
> Thanks - I''ve placed the array in my application_helper.rb as a
def
> since I''m sure I''ll be using this in other areas as I
develop more. I''m
> also using selects more for other data points and it''s all much
cleaner
> now.
> 
> Using the rails select statement is nice since it automagically adds 
> selected="selected" to an option tag in the edit view while still
> defaulting to the first option in the new view. It also highlights the 
> select menu pulldown if I try to submit the form and the model 
> validation isn''t met such as with "validates_presence_of
:state". Nice.
> 
> I did need to switch the order of the abbreviation, statename to 
> statename, abbreviation to get the select option values set to the 
> abbreviation instead of the statename the way I wanted while showing the 
> statenames for users to choose from.
> 
> Does adding the params or object statement to application.rb add some 
> other flexibility?
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application_helper.rb is avaiable to all views, application.rb is
available to all models/controllers/views

Craig

Craig White wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-07-09 at 19:34 +0200, sfdesigner wrote:
>> 
>> I did need to switch the order of the abbreviation, statename to 
>> statename, abbreviation to get the select option values set to the 
>> abbreviation instead of the statename the way I wanted while showing
the
>> statenames for users to choose from.
>> 
>> Does adding the params or object statement to application.rb add some 
>> other flexibility?
> ----
> application_helper.rb is avaiable to all views, application.rb is
> available to all models/controllers/views
> 
> Craig
Hi,
Application.rb is only availablt to controllers and views, not models.
Chris


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