Rails - Feb 2010 - Rails 2.3.5/Ruby1.8.7 Collection_Select Labels with ampersands "&"

I am having an annoying problem displaying the labels of a select box
correctly where there is an ampersand contained within the label
string.

On a form being rendered with the form_for helper the
collection_select reads data from a Mysql 5.075 database the text
stored in the database is "Surabaya & Surrounding Areas" when
rendered
and displayed in firefox 3.6 or safari is is displaying as "Surabaya
%amp; Surrounding Areas".

The code used to render the select is as follows:

  <%= f.collection_select :parent_id, Destination.roots, :id, :name,
{:include_blank => true} %>

I have tried adding a h(:name) and also storing && in the database but
it still will not display the ampersand correctly. Have searched on
google for what I thought would be a simple solution but cant find
anything that solves this.

If anyone has a solution it will be much appreciated.

many thanks,

David

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You can try to change "Surabaya & Surrounding Areas" in your
database to
"Surabaya & Surrounding Areas"

Best Regards,
Boby Ertanto


On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 3:04 PM, dbkbali
<dbkrett-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I am having an annoying problem displaying the labels of a select box
> correctly where there is an ampersand contained within the label
> string.
>
> On a form being rendered with the form_for helper the
> collection_select reads data from a Mysql 5.075 database the text
> stored in the database is "Surabaya & Surrounding Areas" when
rendered
> and displayed in firefox 3.6 or safari is is displaying as "Surabaya
> %amp; Surrounding Areas".
>
> The code used to render the select is as follows:
>
>  <%= f.collection_select :parent_id, Destination.roots, :id, :name,
> {:include_blank => true} %>
>
> I have tried adding a h(:name) and also storing && in the database
but
> it still will not display the ampersand correctly. Have searched on
> google for what I thought would be a simple solution but cant find
> anything that solves this.
>
> If anyone has a solution it will be much appreciated.
>
> many thanks,
>
> David
>
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Boby,

tried that earlier and that produced "Surabaya & Surrounding
Areas".

It looks like I might have to write a custom helper method or hack the
form_for helper method, which I was hoping to avoid.

If you or another reader has a better way your feedback would be much
appreciated.

Thx anyway for your suggestion.

David


On Feb 22, 3:08 pm, Boby Ertanto
<cool.erta...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> You can try to change "Surabaya & Surrounding Areas" in your
database to
> "Surabaya &amp; Surrounding Areas"
>
> Best Regards,
> Boby Ertanto
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 3:04 PM, dbkbali
<dbkr...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > I am having an annoying problem displaying the labels of a select box
> > correctly where there is an ampersand contained within the label
> > string.
>
> > On a form being rendered with the form_for helper the
> > collection_select reads data from a Mysql 5.075 database the text
> > stored in the database is "Surabaya & Surrounding Areas"
when rendered
> > and displayed in firefox 3.6 or safari is is displaying as
"Surabaya
> > %amp; Surrounding Areas".
>
> > The code used to render the select is as follows:
>
> >  <%= f.collection_select :parent_id, Destination.roots, :id, :name,
> > {:include_blank => true} %>
>
> > I have tried adding a h(:name) and also storing && in the
database but
> > it still will not display the ampersand correctly. Have searched on
> > google for what I thought would be a simple solution but cant find
> > anything that solves this.
>
> > If anyone has a solution it will be much appreciated.
>
> > many thanks,
>
> > David
>
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Problem solved after debugging further realized my select option
values were being created in Javascript from an erb file, the problem
was created by using <%=  %> instead of <%- %> when creating the
javascript to send to the client. Learning something new everyday!


On Feb 23, 1:05 am, dbkbali
<dbkr...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Boby,
>
> tried that earlier and that produced "Surabaya &amp;amp;
Surrounding
> Areas".
>
> It looks like I might have to write a custom helper method or hack the
> form_for helper method, which I was hoping to avoid.
>
> If you or another reader has a better way your feedback would be much
> appreciated.
>
> Thx anyway for your suggestion.
>
> David
>
> On Feb 22, 3:08 pm, Boby Ertanto
<cool.erta...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > You can try to change "Surabaya & Surrounding Areas" in
your database to
> > "Surabaya &amp; Surrounding Areas"
>
> > Best Regards,
> > Boby Ertanto
>
> > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 3:04 PM, dbkbali
<dbkr...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > I am having an annoying problem displaying the labels of a select
box
> > > correctly where there is an ampersand contained within the label
> > > string.
>
> > > On a form being rendered with the form_for helper the
> > > collection_select reads data from a Mysql 5.075 database the text
> > > stored in the database is "Surabaya & Surrounding
Areas" when rendered
> > > and displayed in firefox 3.6 or safari is is displaying as
"Surabaya
> > > %amp; Surrounding Areas".
>
> > > The code used to render the select is as follows:
>
> > >  <%= f.collection_select :parent_id, Destination.roots, :id,
:name,
> > > {:include_blank => true} %>
>
> > > I have tried adding a h(:name) and also storing && in the
database but
> > > it still will not display the ampersand correctly. Have searched
on
> > > google for what I thought would be a simple solution but cant
find
> > > anything that solves this.
>
> > > If anyone has a solution it will be much appreciated.
>
> > > many thanks,
>
> > > David
>
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