Rails - Jul 2011 - displaying attribute from related table with a collection_select

I have two tables: Area, AreaType

Area  belongs_to :area_type
AreaType has_many :areas

In my view, I''d like to select from a list of Areas, however, instead
of using the :area_type_id attribute, I would like to use the
associated area_type names. Here''s what it looks like now:

<%= f.collection_select(:area_id, Area.where(:subject_id =>
@search.subject_id), :id, :area_type_id, {:include_blank => true} ) %>

What I want is:
<%= f.collection_select(:area_id, Area.where(:subject_id =>
@search.subject_id), :id, area.area_type.name, {:include_blank =>
true} ) %>

Anyone know how I would go about creating the area.area_type.name
"symbol" to user here?

Thanks in advance!

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Well that was easy! After a little trial and error, I created a new
method in the area.rb and used the name of that method in the
collection select :-) Cheers



On Jul 2, 11:48 pm, "@demetriusolsen"
<demetri...-PkbjNfxxIARBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I have two tables: Area, AreaType
>
> Area  belongs_to :area_type
> AreaType has_many :areas
>
> In my view, I''d like to select from a list of Areas, however,
instead
> of using the :area_type_id attribute, I would like to use the
> associated area_type names. Here''s what it looks like now:
>
> <%= f.collection_select(:area_id, Area.where(:subject_id =>
> @search.subject_id), :id, :area_type_id, {:include_blank => true} )
%>
>
> What I want is:
> <%= f.collection_select(:area_id, Area.where(:subject_id =>
> @search.subject_id), :id, area.area_type.name, {:include_blank =>
> true} ) %>
>
> Anyone know how I would go about creating the area.area_type.name
> "symbol" to user here?
>
> Thanks in advance!
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