Rails - Sep 2008 - Non-database dropdown select - works fine, but why the weird order?

I have built a select_tag dropdown to represent a group of selections
that will feed a model-query routine I''ve written.
This routine works fine but the order of the items is different than
what I programmed. My objection to this order is that I want the ''All
=> '''''' to be on the top.
Here it is;

        <tr>
          <td><strong><%= "User Module"
%></strong></td>
          <td>    <%= select_tag(:module,
options_for_select(''All'' =>
'''', ''Evidence'' => 1,
''Assets'' => 2, ''Inventory'' => 3,
''Water'' => 4,
''Laboratory'' => 5, ''State EPA'' => 6,
''Administrator'' => 7), :style =>
"width:206px", :id => :indexselect) %> </td>
        </tr>

and here is the order of items as they ''drop down'' on the
form.

Laboratory
All
Administrator
Assets
Water
Evidence
Inventory
State EPA

I am grateful for any suggestions.
Kathleen
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Hashes in Ruby do not keep the insertion order, you should do it like this:

<%= select_tag :module, options_for_select( [
[''All'',''''], [''Evidence''
, 1], [''Assets'', 2], [''Inventory'', 3],
[''Water'' , 4], [''Laboratory'' ,
5], [''State EPA'', 6], [''Administrator'',
7]]), :style => "width:206px",
:id => :indexselect %>

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:41 AM,
KathysKode-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
<KathysKode-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
> I have built a select_tag dropdown to represent a group of selections
> that will feed a model-query routine I''ve written.
> This routine works fine but the order of the items is different than
> what I programmed. My objection to this order is that I want the
''All
> => '''''' to be on the top.
> Here it is;
>
>        <tr>
>          <td><strong><%= "User Module"
%></strong></td>
>          <td>    <%= select_tag(:module,
options_for_select(''All'' =>
> '''', ''Evidence'' => 1,
''Assets'' => 2, ''Inventory'' => 3,
''Water'' => 4,
> ''Laboratory'' => 5, ''State EPA'' =>
6, ''Administrator'' => 7), :style =>
> "width:206px", :id => :indexselect) %> </td>
>        </tr>
>
> and here is the order of items as they ''drop down'' on the
form.
>
> Laboratory
> All
> Administrator
> Assets
> Water
> Evidence
> Inventory
> State EPA
>
> I am grateful for any suggestions.
> Kathleen
> >
>


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