similar to: concatenate fields in collection_select

Hello, I am quite a newbie to RoR, I hope you maybe able to help. I have a collection_select in a _form.rhtml: "collection_select(:assets, :model_id, @models, :id, :model_ref,options={:prompt => ''- Select a model -''})" As you see my drop down menu will show the model_ref column. 1) Is it possible to have more than one column. For example I would like to

I wanting to add an onchange event handler to collection_select but I''m not sure how. The api gives the signature as collection_select(object, method, collection, value_method, text_method, options = {}, html_options = {}) I''m not sure, however, if I need to place the desired code in "options" or "html_options". I''m sure I could just figure it out

I''m trying to get a collection_select generated Drop-down box to display two fields from a table (first name & last name); however, I am having trouble concatenating the symbols. It appears as though any code I put in the 5th argument for collection_select is processed prior to executing the collection_select method. The code executes successfully with 1 symbol in the 5th

I have a table with (among others) :prefix and :lastname In my view in a collection_select I want to see "prefix lastname". I have ab-so-lu-te-ly no idea how to do this. Can anybody show me? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi ! I have Event belongs_to Category. The generated source is: <p><label for="event_category">Category</label><br/> <select id="event_category" name="event[category]"> <option value="8">Introduction</option> <option value="7">Programming</option> </select></p> Notice no

can someone help me with this i have a table cars ( id int model_id int make_id int color_id int description text constraint fk_cars_carmake foreign key(make_id) references carmakes(id), constraint fk_cars_carmodel foreign key(model_id) references carmodels(id), constraint fk_cars_color foreign key(color_id) references colors(id) ) carmakes ( id int carmake varchar ) carmodels ( id

I would like to add javascript ''onChange'' event handling for a select field, such as <%= collection_select("job", "client_id" , @clients, "id", "name") %> with onChange="xxx" Anyone know how to make this work? Thank you, Scott -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I have the following models: class Comandancia < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :elementos end class Elemento < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :comandancia validates_presence_of :nombre, :apellido_paterno, :apellido_materno, :comandancia end In the view for New Elemento I''m using <%= start_form_tag :action => ''create'' %> <%= render :partial =>

I know there have been threads on this before but I was thinking shouldn''t multiple collection_select automatically update habtm relations when you update_attributes? In order to get multiple collection_select to work I use: collection_select(:user, :group_ids, Group.find(:all), :id, :name,{},{:multiple=>'''',:name=>''group[id][]''}) In fact if I

I am creating a data entry form that allows a user to fill in multiple rows and save them all at once. In my controller, I create an array of "person" objects and pass it to the page. On the page, I have a text field like so: <%= text_field "person", "name", "index" => 1 %> Note the "index" attribute, which sets the name and id

I have form and a collection_select control. I would like to update form fields (text box) when I select an item from the collection_select box. It''s like selecting template from the collection_select and the template automatically loads to text boxes. Any help? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

I have two collection_select in my list.rhtml: <%= collection_select (:region, :id, @regionall, :id, :title,html_options={:onChange => "new Ajax.Updater(''related_provinces'',''/categories/related_provinces/" + "?id=''+this[this.selectedIndex].value, {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true});"}) %><br> <%= render :partial =>

Hi, I can do this : collection_select "state", :id, TrainingState.find_all,:id,:name but not this : collection_select "state[]", :id, TrainingState.find_all,:id,:name Anyone any idea why? Is there something about collection_select that does not allow collections? Thanks Chris -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

How do I specify which option should be initially selected when using the collection_select command? I''ve tried: collection_select(:selectionfilter, :producer_id, Producer.find(:all), :id, :name, {:include_blank => true, :selected_value => @initial_selection}) However it doesn''t return the desired results (the option with the value of @initial_selection selected).

Hi everyone I am trying to get the return value from collection_select helper method. Here is what I did collection_select(''product'', ''product_id'', @products, ''id'', ''name'', {}, {:onchange => remote_function(:url => {:action => :myFunction}, :with => "this[this.selectedIndex].value")}) then in my

I would like to use the collection_select with a simply array as the source of the collection. My array looks like this: STATES = ["Alabama", "Alaska", "Texas"] and it is stored in my environment.rb I can''t figure out the syntax for the collection_select in this situation... collection_select("my_object", "state", what goes here??? ) I

<%= collection_select(:post, :id, @posts, :id, :title, options ={:prompt => "-Select categories-"}, :class=>"category_dropdown_list") %> Hi, how would I send the value of the selected item in the collection_select? I''m trying to use an observe_field for an input, and in the action I''ll perform the steps corresponding to the collection_select.

Hi, I''m trying to create a dropdown using collection_select. However, I cant seem to get it to select the right option by default. In my controller I have a setup like this: @content = Content.new @content.selection_id = 3 @selections = Selection.find(:all) In my view I have: <% form_for :content, @content, :url => { :action => ''create'' } do |f| %>

Hi, I have 2 models: Model 1: er, Columns: <er_id, er_name> Model 2: er_process, Columns: <er_id, er_process_name> er_id is a foreign key for Model 2. When I am creating a new er_process or editing an existing one, I have been successful to use collection_select to show the available er''s so that the user can select a particular er by its name (to populate the er_id

hello, supposing i have a User class that contains a Wibble class User < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :wibble end in my view i have <%= collection_select :user, :wibble, Wibble.find(:all), :id, :name %> when i post, i get an error like "Wibble expected, got String" how/where am I supposed to convert this posted wibble_id into a Wibble, or am I using collection_select