Rails - Jul 2006 - Updating a model from a checkbox (noob question)

Hello everyone,

I''m trying to wire a combobox in a view to update the database. When I
select something in the combobox and press ''update'' it goes
through
fine, except it places the default value for the field of the combobox.
Any suggestions?
 
Here''s the model:

class TestResult < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_one :status_index
   has_one :test_type
   has_one :product_area
   validates_presence_of :statusindex_id, :testtype_id, :productarea_id,
:name
end

This generates the combobox (inside a view partial):

<%= select("test_type", "id", TestType.find_all.collect
{|tt| [tt.name,
tt.id] }, { :include_blank => false}) %>

Here''s the command in the controller''s
''update'' method:

@test_result.update_attributes(params[:test_result])

Thanks very much,
Roy Tinker

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Updating a model from a checkbox (noob question)Hi Roy,

Roy Tinker  wrote:
> <%= select("test_type", "id",
TestType.find_all.collect
> {|tt| [tt.name, tt.id] }, { :include_blank => false}) %>
> Here''s the command in the controller''s
''update'' method:
> @test_result.update_attributes(params[:test_result])
I could be wrong, but based on what you''ve shown us, I''m
pretty sure the
result of your select is going to come back to the controller in 
params[:test_type][:id], not in params[:test_result].  But I could 
definitely be wrong because I don''t have any experience with
using.find''s in
my views.

You might want to use a ''dummy'' view with <%=
params.inspect %> to check to
see exactly what _is_ coming back.

hth,
Bill