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I need to add a blank or dashed field to the options_from_collection_for_select helper but can''t seem to get it to work. Tried this, but with no effect: <%= options_from_collection_for_select @airlines, ''id'', ''name''], {:include_blank=>true} %> Anyone know how to do this? Thanks, -S -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.co...

I have a table with first_name and last_name, and wan''t to populate a drop-down with the id and the person''s name consisting of the first and last names concatenated together. Can''t figure out how to tell options_from_collection_for_select to do that. Any ideas? I basically need to do something like: <%= options_from_collection_for_select @media_creators, "id", "last_name + '' '' + first_name", @media.media_creator_id %> media belongs_to media_creator media_creator has_many media Thank...

I have a drop down of country''s and I would like the USA to be the first displayed. I have tried: <select id = "user_w_country" name ="user[w_country]" onchange = "<%=func%>"> <%= options_from_collection_for_select @country, ''id'', ''country'', :selected => Countrycode.find_by_country(''USA'').id %> </select> It doesn''t complai9n about the code but it doesn''t work either. The documentation for the options_from_collection_for_se...

I''m in Rails 2.1, Ruby 1.8.6 -- http://pastie.org/211063 <%= params[:doctor_id] %> <%= options_from_collection_for_select(Doctor.active, :id, :name, :selected => params[:doctor_id]) %> <%= options_from_collection_for_select(Doctor.active, :id, :name, :selected_value => params[:doctor_id]) %> Returns: 53 <option value="49">Michael Summer</option> <option value="52"&g...

I ran into a problem using options_from_collection_for_select : ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch (Topic expected, got String): /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.13.2/lib/ active_record/associations/association_collection.rb:128:in `raise_on_type_mismatch'' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.13.2/lib/ ac...

Hey, I am trying to get a select list with a selected value in it. Even if I put in an integer, like this, <%= select_tag(fruit.id, "<option>No Contract</option>" + options_from_collection_for_select(@fruit_types, "id", "kind", 3)) %> the list still displays the first option (No Contract) in the list. What am I doing wrong? I''ve looked all over and it looks like this should be working. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~-------...

i am kind of desparated i try with options_from_collection_for_select to get option values, but it says You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it! You might have expected an instance of Array. The error occured while evaluating nil.inject but @customers is not empty -> def get_customer @customers=Customer.find_all end i have tested it and also...

I''m trying to use options_from_collection_for_select to generate options for a multiple select: <select id="metro_area_states" name="states[]" size="10" multiple="multiple"> <%= options_from_collection_for_select State.find(:all), :id, :name, @metro_area.states %> </select> When selecti...

in my controller @cursos = Curso.find_all in my view i''m trying to do a select_tag with the results @cursos, using a helper select_tag "name" options_for_select(@cursos) --------> not works select_tag "name" @cursos --------> not works how to do it, using the helper? tks -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

The following code shows a list of the users, with username being each person''s initials (mine would be DM). &lt;%= options_from_collection_for_select @users,"id","username" %&gt; However, I''d like to have the display of the SELECT box be "DM - Dylan Markow" instead of "DM." Is this possible using options_from_collection_for_select, or will I need to manually loop through the entries myself?...

Hi everyone, I''m stuck on something that seems to be super easy, but maybe I''m just too tired to see the obvious answer. I''m trying to make a drop down with select_tag and options_from_collection_for_select. I''m trying to fill this drop down list with different human races (white, black, hispanic, etc. in the database under the name field, with a unique id for each) in the index page of lost_children. I have two models: lost_children.rb [code] belongs_to :race [/code] race.rb [code] has_...

I have just started using RoR and am creating some select boxes on my form with the following code: <%= select_tag(options_from_collection_for_select(Owner.all, :id, :fname)) %> My problem is that it does NOT return the first record from the table, but just the second and succeeding records. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get the first record included in the select box? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscr...

Hi, I''m a newbie on both Ruby and Ruby on Rails, and I''m struggling with my first app. I have a table with a column called "employee_id" which is a foreing key associating it with the "employees" table. I have populated both tables. When I run "ruby script/generate scaffold <model name> <controller>" it generates a web page with all

...24, Oostende (Gevens)</option> <option value="11">Rederskaai 39, Zeebrugge (VME Complex Foster)</option> </select> but no id tag i can work with this, here i got an id and the submit works <select id="geotag_id" name="geotag_id"> <%= options_from_collection_for_select(@geotags, "id", "address1") %> </select> but i also need address2 and floor, and this seems not to work <select id="geotag_id" name="geotag_id"> <%= options_from_collection_for_select(@geotags, "id", "address1" + "...

Anyone know how I could trunicate the names of a passed in array in options_from_collection_for_select? I tried a few things but nothing worked. Any ideas would be appreciated! <%= options_from_collection_for_select available_projects, :id, :name, @selected_project_id %> -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I''m having problems to make the selected works, i''ve been trying with select and options_from_collection_for_select. I''ve tried, :selected, :selected_key, :selected_value, and all i can got from the doc page ( http://rubyonrails.org/api/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormOptionsHelper.html#M000399 ) and from wiki. Code: select(''informacao'', ''tipo_analise_id'', options, :se...

...elect categories for a recipe, I have a select control. When editing, I want the proper categories selected. In order to get it to work, I put this in my _form.rhtml: <select id="recipe_categories" name="recipe[category_ids][]" size="4" multiple> <%= options_from_collection_for_select( @categories, ''id'', ''name'', @recipe.categories.map{|t| t.id}) %> </select> Is this the best way to do this? ~S

I''ve looked at the API on this but can''t quite see what I''m missing from my call <select id="pay[pay_id] name="pay[pay_id]"> <%= options_from_collection_for_select( Pay.find_all_by_name, "id", "name") %> #<- line 5 </select> is returning - Showing app/views/kr/index.rhtml where line #5 raised: wrong number of bind variables (0 for 1) in: pays.`name` IS ? Anyone ? TIA Stuart --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~...

Is there a way to sort the sql result set that populates the options_from_collection_for_select?? Thanks -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@...

...gt; "livesearch"}, :id => "asearch") %> <div id="parta"> <fieldset><legend>Category</legend> <select name="cat", @params[''cat''][],size="2" multiple="multiple"><%= options_from_collection_for_select @categories, :id, :name %></select></fieldset> <fieldset><legend>State</legend> <select name="stat", @params[''stat''][],size="5" multiple="multiple"><%= options_from_collection_for_select @states, :id, :name %...