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The rails docs are so horrible on the collection_select method. They need to show a *complete* form, and show two examples: one that calls f.collection_select(), and another that calls collection_select(), and explain the differences. Given this line: f.collection_select :topic, Topic.all, :id, :category What the !@#$!@#$ is :topic? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received

...#view form_for @student do |f| f.collection_select(:student_fail_attribute, StudentFailState.all, :id, :key) end I don''t understand why the error. This is the example that rails documentation gives, which looks very close to mine: collection_select(:post, :author_id, Author.all, :id, :name_with_initial, {:prompt => true}) -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/undefined-method-join-tp27535930p27535930.html Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Tal...