Rails - Jun 2007 - options_from_collection_for_select with complex name

Hi everyone,


I just came across this problem and don''t know how to solve it. I have
a select list:

<%= select_tag :tech_lead, options_from_collection_for_select
(@employees, "id", "first_name", @project.tech_lead.to_i),
{:class =>
"text_field_project"} %>

As you will notice, I have an @employees collection passed to the
"options_from_collection_for_select" which contains a
"first_name" and
"last_name" attributes.

Right now my select list properly display the first name of all
employees (as you can see in the code above), however, I''d like to
make it display "first_name space last_name" (like "John
Smith").

How can I make this happen in the above code?


Thanks,

Gabor


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On Jun 12, 2007, at 4:48 PM, gabordemeter wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>
> I just came across this problem and don''t know how to solve it. I
have
> a select list:
>
> <%= select_tag :tech_lead, options_from_collection_for_select
> (@employees, "id", "first_name",
@project.tech_lead.to_i), {:class =>
> "text_field_project"} %>
>
> As you will notice, I have an @employees collection passed to the
> "options_from_collection_for_select" which contains a
"first_name" and
> "last_name" attributes.
>
> Right now my select list properly display the first name of all
> employees (as you can see in the code above), however, I''d like to
> make it display "first_name space last_name" (like "John
Smith").
>
> How can I make this happen in the above code?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gabor
Add this to your model and tell the options_... call to use  
''full_name'' rather than ''first_name''

def full_name
   [ self.first_name, self.last_name ].compact.join('' '')
end

Or perhaps

def full_name
   "#{self.first_name} #{self.last_name}".strip
end

-Rob

Rob Biedenharn		http://agileconsultingllc.com
Rob-xa9cJyRlE0mWcWVYNo9pwxS2lgjeYSpx@public.gmane.org



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Thanks Rob! Worked great!




On Jun 12, 2:24 pm, Rob Biedenharn
<R...-xa9cJyRlE0mWcWVYNo9pwxS2lgjeYSpx@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> On Jun 12, 2007, at 4:48 PM, gabordemeter wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi everyone,
>
> > I just came across this problem and don''t know how to solve
it. I have
> > a select list:
>
> > <%= select_tag :tech_lead, options_from_collection_for_select
> > (@employees, "id", "first_name",
@project.tech_lead.to_i), {:class =>
> > "text_field_project"} %>
>
> > As you will notice, I have an @employees collection passed to the
> > "options_from_collection_for_select" which contains a
"first_name" and
> > "last_name" attributes.
>
> > Right now my select list properly display the first name of all
> > employees (as you can see in the code above), however, I''d
like to
> > make it display "first_name space last_name" (like
"John Smith").
>
> > How can I make this happen in the above code?
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Gabor
>
> Add this to your model and tell the options_... call to use
> ''full_name'' rather than ''first_name''
>
> def full_name
>    [ self.first_name, self.last_name ].compact.join('' '')
> end
>
> Or perhaps
>
> def full_name
>    "#{self.first_name} #{self.last_name}".strip
> end
>
> -Rob
>
> Rob Biedenharn          http://agileconsultingllc.com
> R...-xa9cJyRlE0mWcWVYNo9pwxS2lgjeYSpx@public.gmane.org

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