Rails - Aug 2006 - Form 'select' question

Hi, I''d like to make a select element in a form which has the names of
months for the user to select, but sends numeric values for each month
when the form is submitted.

At the moment I have something like this:

<%= select_tag(:month, options_for_select(%w{ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 },
@params[:month])) %>

But I''d like it to display the month names instead of the numbers. Any
ideas?

Thanks
Henry


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Ok, I''ve figured out how to do that, so ignore that last message, but I
now have another harder problem! The calendar I''m using displays the
current month when the page is loaded and the month can be changed
using the select element. However I can''t get the select element to
show the current month when the page loads. This is my controller code:

class CalendarController < ApplicationController

  before_filter :year, :month

  def index
    if @params[:month] == nil && (@params[:year]) == nil
      @params[:month] = @month
      @params[:year] = @year
    end
  end

  private

  def year
    @year = Time.now.year
  end

  def month
    @month = Time.now.month
  end

end

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
And my view template:

			<%				calendar(:year => @params[:year].to_i, :month =>
@params[:month].to_i, :first_day_of_week => 1) do |d|
  				link_to d.mday, :action => ''day_detail'', :id =>
d.mday
				end
			%>

			<%= form_tag(:action => :index) %>

				<%= select_tag(:month, options_for_select([["Jan",
"1"], ["Feb",
"2"], ["Mar", "3"], ["Apr",
"4"], ["May", "5"], ["Jun",
"6"], ["Jul",
"7"], ["Aug", "8"], ["Sep",
"9"], ["Oct", "10"], ["Nov",
"11"], ["Dec",
"12"]], @params[:month])) %>
				<%= select_tag(:year, options_for_select(%w{ 2006 2007 },
@params[:year])) %>
				<%= submit_tag("Ok") %>

			<%= end_form_tag %>

			<%= @params[:year] %>
			<%= @params[:month] %>

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

@params[:month] is set to the current month if there has been nothing
sent to it by the form. The calendar displays the correct month, as
does <%= @params[:month] %> at the bottom. Why does my select list not
showw the correct month?

Thanks


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Have you thought about using one of the Rails built in functions?

http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/DateHelper.html#M000469

On 8/24/06, henrybourne-ee4meeAH724@public.gmane.org
<henrybourne-ee4meeAH724@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Ok, I''ve figured out how to do that, so ignore that last message,
but I
> now have another harder problem! The calendar I''m using displays
the
> current month when the page is loaded and the month can be changed
> using the select element. However I can''t get the select element
to
> show the current month when the page loads. This is my controller code:
>
> class CalendarController < ApplicationController
>
>   before_filter :year, :month
>
>   def index
>     if @params[:month] == nil && (@params[:year]) == nil
>       @params[:month] = @month
>       @params[:year] = @year
>     end
>   end
>
>   private
>
>   def year
>     @year = Time.now.year
>   end
>
>   def month
>     @month = Time.now.month
>   end
>
> end
>
> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> And my view template:
>
>                         <%>                                
calendar(:year => @params[:year].to_i, :month =>
> @params[:month].to_i, :first_day_of_week => 1) do |d|
>                                 link_to d.mday, :action =>
''day_detail'', :id => d.mday
>                                 end
>                         %>
>
>                         <%= form_tag(:action => :index) %>
>
>                                 <%= select_tag(:month,
options_for_select([["Jan", "1"], ["Feb",
> "2"], ["Mar", "3"], ["Apr",
"4"], ["May", "5"], ["Jun",
"6"], ["Jul",
> "7"], ["Aug", "8"], ["Sep",
"9"], ["Oct", "10"], ["Nov",
"11"], ["Dec",
> "12"]], @params[:month])) %>
>                                 <%= select_tag(:year,
options_for_select(%w{ 2006 2007 },
> @params[:year])) %>
>                                 <%= submit_tag("Ok") %>
>
>                         <%= end_form_tag %>
>
>                         <%= @params[:year] %>
>                         <%= @params[:month] %>
>
> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
> @params[:month] is set to the current month if there has been nothing
> sent to it by the form. The calendar displays the correct month, as
> does <%= @params[:month] %> at the bottom. Why does my select list
not
> showw the correct month?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> >
>

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http://sterlinganderson.net/
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