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I want to build a simple calculator with 1 form and a results page. The form will be redisplayed with an error message upon an invalid value entered. I won''t be using any database/active record for this. The problem i have is when i return to the form page i want to redisplay the values already entered in the form fields. Should i use text_field (which seems to be tied to a model) or

All, I''m having a hell of a time figuring out what is going on here. I''m trying to override one of my getters so that I can format it a certain way in my form. But I can''t seem to get text_field to call the appropriate method on my object. So here''s my getter: public def FAX fax = read_attribute(:FAX) puts fax

Hi, The text_field method sets the class of the field to "invalid" when the object you specified is invalid (when using validations). This is to facilitate working with validations. Is there anything else it does? In a certain non-standard situation I''m forced to use text_field_tag, instead of text_field. This means I have to take care of the validations myself as well.

I am trying to set a default value in a text_field form. I know how to do this in html, but is there a way to do this with form_for Here is my code <% form_for :user do |f| -%> <p><label for="firstname"%>First Name</label><br/> <%= f.text_field :firstname%></p> ... <p><label for ="email"%>Email</label><br/>

Anyone have a quick solution on how to format a number in a text_field tag? <% text_field "price", "amount" %> returns 100.0 and it would be nice if it showed 100.00 Of course, number_with_precision works nicely, but how do you make that work with text_field? I thought maybe overriding the getter in the model. However, this means I would have to bring the helper

This is probably something very simple but I can''t seem to figure out why I keep getting the ''wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)'' error with the following code when I try to create a new record. If anyone can see what is going wrong here please help! new.rhtml ------------------------------------------------- ... <%= start_form_tag :action =>

Hi! I''m having trouble with the following thing: I have a view with a text_field. What I want is to call a remote method with the value of the text_field as the :id I supply to link_to_remote. How do I do this? It''s about an empty form, so the text_field doesn''t have a value when the page is loaded. Grtz, Wouter -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hello. I am converting my Java app to Rails and I''ve hit something that has me a bit baffled. I''ve been fiddling with this for over an hour and trying many different combinations so at this point I''ve lost perspective. It''s probably something simple but I can''t see it anymore. I have a component that looks like this: <% for advertiser_category in

Hi, I hope someone can help, I am stumped. I have a Registration ActiveRecord object. It records registrations for people for classes. class Registration has_and_belongs_to_many :people has_and_belongs_to_many :scheduled_courses end I have a form that allows someone to register. A registration form will register two people. They fill in their names, addresses, and the classes they

Hi, All. Is it possible to use the text_field with an instance variable. Controller: def hoge @value = ''result'' end View: <%= text_field ''value'' %> It don''t work. Please help. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I''m trying to automatically fill a "posted_by" text by with whoever is logged into the session. How do you set the value attribute using "<%= text_field ... %>"??? I''ve tried: <%= text_field ''post'', ''posted_by'', ''value'' => User.find(session[:user_id]).name.capitalize) %> But I get

Hi, I''m trying to do a bulk update on an array with the helper text_field. I''m trying to create an inputfield for every object in the array, but I''m not getting it right... example: class ClassA @arrayB[] end HTML (code with error): <% 0.upto(9) do |index| %> <%= text_field ''ClassA'', ''arrayB[index]'' %> non

I''m rendering partial a form comprising several text_field helpers to maintain my User model. For example, the email field is: <p><label for="user_email">Email</label><br/> <%= text_field ''user'', ''email'', :size => ''40'', :maxsize => ''256'' %></p> In my controller,

All, In a template, I have <%= text_field :target_list, :DateReceived, { :title => ''uploaded_at'', :class => ''target_list_info'', :disabled => ''true'' } %> Here is the DateReceived method on my

Hi, I am having java script to enter the date using a calander to a text_field and having separate select_time for the time selection. but we want the controller end to have the normal ruby time format by concatenating the entered time using select_time and entered date using the text_field (via the calendar) Could someone please let me know how I could do it? I am not sure whether I

When displaying a date field using a text_field object, is it possible to specify how the date will be formatted? <%= text_field ''item'', ''created_at'', {:class=>"text-input", :size=>18, :disabled=> true} produces 2006-07-07 12:00:00 I would like to reformat it to something like 07/07/2006 12:00pm -- Posted via

Hi, Is it possible to use the ActionView::Helpers::FormHelper.text_field with an instance variable instead of a model. e.g. In the controller: def meth @value = ''hi there'' end In view: <%= text_field ''value'', nil %> It doesn''t work with what is above (doesn''t like the nil) and produces very strange results replacing nil with

I''m using the _form.rhtml partial for both the new.rhtml and edit.rhtml views like this: <% if @product.cost %> <%= text_field ''product'', ''cost'', :size => 5 %> <% else %> <%= text_field ''product'', ''cost'', :size => 5, :value => 0 %> <% end %> I couldn''t find a

Hi I''m having a problem with a little code here, hopefully it''s easy to see what''s happening: <% @lectures.each do |lecture| %> <%= lecture.location%><br /> <%= text_field ''lecture'', ''location'' %> <% end %> The output I get is the text of the ''location'' rendering

Hi all, I''m new to rails. I have created a bunch of CRUD code using scaffolds. I had to add code to the default output to account for fields that establish the relationships between tables. Everything works well, including the validation of the fields I added. However, I can''t get the highlighting to work for my fields when they fail validation and the view is redisplayed.