Rails - Apr 2008 - country_select box with country code as value

HI all,

I used country select tag for showing country dropdown.

<%= f.country_select(:country, ["United States"]

It result the option values as the full name of that countries as give
below.

<option value="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="Aland Islands">Aland Islands</option>
<option value="Albania">Albania</option>
<option value="Algeria">Algeria</option>


but I want the country code as option values as below is there any
possible way

<option value="AF">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="FI">Aland Islands</option>
<option value="AL">Albania</option>
<option value="DZ">Algeria</option>


regards,
Veeraa
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I guess then u have to use  options_for_select tag and u need to supply 
array of countries..

I guess country_select will only allow u to do this

<option value="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="Aland Islands">Aland Islands</option>
<option value="Albania">Albania</option>
<option value="Algeria">Algeria</option>

Regards,
Ratnavel.
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Hi Veera,
I got the following from

http://railsmanual.com/module/ActionView::Helpers::FormOptionsHelper/country_select

but it seems to be down now. Pasted here for your convenience:

1. Install the tzinfo gem
# sudo gem install tzinfo

2. Install the tzinfo_timezone plugin
# ruby script/plugin install tzinfo_timezone

3. Add the following code to your application helper:

  def make_attributes(hsh)
    unless hsh.nil?
      output = ""
      hsh.each do |key, val|
        output << " #{key}=\"#{val}\""
      end
    end
    output
  end

  def country_code_select(object, method, priority_countries=nil,
options={}, html_options={})
    countries = [TZInfo::Country.all.collect{|x|x.name},
TZInfo::Country.all_codes].transpose.sort
    if priority_countries.nil?
      output = select(object, method, countries, options,
html_options)
    else
      output = "<select id=''#{object}_#{method}''
name=''#{object}
[#{method}]''#{make_attributes html_options}>\n"
      if options[:include_blank] == true
        output << "<option
value=''''></option>"
      end
      priority_countries.each do |pc|
        if options[:selected] == pc[:code] or options[:selected] =pc[:name]
          output << "<option
value=''#{pc[:code]}''
selected>#{pc[:name]}</option>\n"
        else
          output << "<option
value=''#{pc[:code]}''>#{pc[:name]}</option>
\n"
        end
      end
      output << "<option value=''''
disabled>----------------------------
</option>\n"
      output << options_for_select(countries, options[:selected])
      output << "</select>\n"
    end
    output
  end



4. Use the helper like so in your views:

<%= country_code_select(:order, :ship_to_country,
priority_countries=[{:code=>''US'',:name=>''United
States''}],
{:selected=>''DK'',:include_blank=>true},{:style=>''border:10px
solid
red;''}) %>

Hope that helps,
  Alan



On Apr 17, 7:27 am, Veera Sundaravel <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-
s.net> wrote:
> HI all,
>
> I used country select tag for showing country dropdown.
>
> <%= f.country_select(:country, ["United States"]
>
> It result the option values as the full name of that countries as give
> below.
>
> <option value="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</option>
> <option value="Aland Islands">Aland Islands</option>
> <option value="Albania">Albania</option>
> <option value="Algeria">Algeria</option>
>
> but I want the country code as option values as below is there any
> possible way
>
> <option value="AF">Afghanistan</option>
> <option value="FI">Aland Islands</option>
> <option value="AL">Albania</option>
> <option value="DZ">Algeria</option>
>
> regards,
> Veeraa
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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