Hello, Is dere any way to give default value or value to select tags .. My scenario is:- <% value_array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] %> <select name="abc[def]"> <%= options_for_select (value_array) %> </select> Now i am storing these values in database.. But after storing value i do not know how to show those values in my DDL(Drop down list).. like i stored value 4 in database regarding to this DDL. And now i want this value 4 as the selected value in my DDL.. Hope you all people got my point .. I am doing it like this:- <% value_array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] %> <select name="abc[def]" value="whatever value in database"> <%= options_for_select (value_array) %> </select> Want to know every possible solution .. :) -- Posted via ruby-forum.com.
On Aug 20, 12:18 pm, Hemant Bhargava <rails-mailing-l...@andreas- s.net> wrote:> Hello, > > Is dere any way to give default value or value to select tags .. > My scenario is:- > > <% value_array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] %> > <select name="abc[def]"> > <%= options_for_select (value_array) %> > </select> >Read the docs for options_for_select Fred> Now i am storing these values in database.. But after storing value i do > not know how to show those values in my DDL(Drop down list).. > like i stored value 4 in database regarding to this DDL. And now i want > this value 4 as the selected value in my DDL.. > > Hope you all people got my point .. > > I am doing it like this:- > <% value_array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] %> > <select name="abc[def]" value="whatever value in database"> > <%= options_for_select (value_array) %> > </select> > > Want to know every possible solution .. :) > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com.
Thanks for reply .. already read .. Is dere any type of mishappening is happening .. I mean if i am storing values in array as string ..>> Is dere any way to give default value or value to select tags .. >> My scenario is:- >> >> <% value_array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] %> >> <select name="abc[def]"> >> � <%= options_for_select (value_array) %> >> </select> >> > Read the docs for options_for_select > > Fred-- Posted via ruby-forum.com.
On Aug 20, 1:04 pm, Hemant Bhargava <rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Thanks for reply .. > already read .. >And you didn''t notice that the second parameter to options_for_select is the value to be selected ? (you do need to ensure that the type of the selected value is the same as the type of the select options - a common mistake is for one to be an integer and the other a string) Fred> Is dere any type of mishappening is happening .. I mean if i am storing > values in array as string .. > > >> Is dere any way to give default value or value to select tags .. > >> My scenario is:- > > >> <% value_array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] %> > >> <select name="abc[def]"> > >> <%= options_for_select (value_array) %> > >> </select> > > > Read the docs for options_for_select > > > Fred > > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com.