I posted this a while ago and now I have a more simple example. The following snippet produces a pull-down menu but the £ is not converted into the pound symbol in the option text. For example: <%= select("customer", "def_cur", [[''$ - USD", "$''], [''£ - GBP'', ''£'']]) %> How are producing select menus with special characters in them these days? I''m having this problem with rails 1.6 and 1.2.1. I''d really like to present the user with the list currencies along with their symbols £, &euro, ¥, etc.. in the form. Thanks, --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---