similar to: set specific date with date_select

Hi, I am using "date_select" form helper to select the date. My code is as follows:- <%=date_select("post", "written_on", :prompt => { :day => ''Select day'', :month => ''Select month''}, :discard_year=>true)%> It works. But there is problem with the number of days for each month. The days combobox has populated with

I would like to have a date control on a page and I would like a behavior similar to what you get using date_select with the :include_blank => true option where the first value in the dropdown is "- Month -", "- Day -", or "- Year -" rather than a blank value for the respective month, day, and year select fields. I took a look at the ruby source for

Hi All I''m trying to combine the from_for and select helpers Right now I have form_for :service, :url => ...... do |f| select("abc", "xyz_id", @my_arr.collect {|item| [ item, "bla" ] }, {:prompt => "opt1"} ) .... end What I want to do is something like .... f.select("abc", "xyz_id", @my_arr.collect {|item|

when retreiving a date from a DATETIME field in a database, is there a way to set the date to the value of the DB in the view? It seems to always default to the current date... if I have a field called birthdate in the users table and i do @user = User.find(@params[:id]) in my view i have a <%= date_select ''birthdate'',''user'' %> but dont know how to

Hi there, I''m new to Rails -- started with this project just about five days ago -- I''m re-building an in-house ordering tool, and it would be handy to pre-populate a date_select field with a value two weeks from now. The calculation isn''t the hard part, it''s getting date_select to pre-populate itself. Any suggestions? Thanks, --Jim

Hi, How can I set a default date for a date_select? I''m trying to do something along the lines of: <%= date_select("requirement", "target_date", :end_year => 2020, :discard_day => true, :include_blank => true, :order => [:month, :year], :default => {:month => 10, :year => 2012 }) %> but the default that comes up on the form is blank month

In my date_select if I choose 31 april 2008, it converts it for 1st may 2008 which it seems odd for me? I say odd because first its difficult to validate at the model level, I have to hook some code in the controller and secondly when I finally get the validation errors I have to go back at the edit page and show the selected date(and the error message) which should be 31 april 2008 but the date

I am using date_select and in some instances it only shows about 10 years worth of choices. Same form on other users shows the whole range. date_select looks like this <%= date_select ''user'',''birthdate'' , :start_year => 1940 %> I would expect to always see 1940-2006 or so , but i dont always do. Is there a way to force the range or explain why i

Hi, I''m trying to use the date_select() function of ruby on rails, but I want my form easier to use and I want to put an explicit default date. I don''t kow how to do that. I can''t find any information about default on the web, and no example either. Let me know if there is a tips that I don''t know... -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi, I''ve looked on api.rubyonrails.org but I''ve not found how to add to a date_select(object, method, options = {}) a class option to set the class of all the select tags. I''ve tried using "class" => "myclass" in thoose ways: <%= date_select("costo", "data", "class" => "testo" ) %> <%=

Trying to add start year to date_select <%= date_select(:start_year => 1980)%> It''s throwing an exception "wrong number of arguments (1 for 0) Can''t I add a start_year, API shows this option ? TIA Stuart http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_ambient --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Hi I have the following date select box <%= date_select ''min'', ''min'' %> When you submit a date, it re-loads the page with the same date select box, but displays todays date, no matter what you submitted before. How can I get it to re load with the submitted date. Thanks Scott -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

lo there all, i want to have a date_select heper default to the year 2006, but cant seem to find out how to pull it off. any takers ? -- 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

I''m trying to select items from a database by their date field. The date data is coming from a form using the date_select helper. The field in the database is named date_notified_on. My controller method is this: def history_date if(@params) @notifications = Notification.find(:all, :conditions => ["date_notified_on = ?",

hello, i would like to display a collection of records on one page (e.g. an author record with all his/her books). a record contains a text_area (e.g. a description of the book) and a date_select (e.g. when the book was published). <% for @book in @author.books %> <%= text_area ''book[]'', ''note'' %> <%= datetime_select

I have the following code, but can''t seem to get the class attribute to show up in the generated select elements. I saw something about a bug/patch. However, as am still learning RoR I didn''t want to jump to conclusions. Anyone see anything wrong: <%= f.date_select :expiration_date, :order => [:month, :year], :discard_day => true, :class => "dtfld" %>

Hey all, Using date_select in a form, how can I make the Year field a text_field instead of a select? It looks like it will take more than a simple modification of the date_select method. Thanks in advance. Cam -- 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

Just looked at the Date helper in the rails API and noticed that none of the functions there (i.e. date_select) allow me to specify html options (i.e. class) for the generated selects. I was wondering how do other group members css format date select dropdowns? Best, Gabor --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Hi, I am doing the following: <% obj.contracts.each do |@contract| -%> ... <%= hidden_field("contract[]", :contractor_id, :index => @contract.contractor.id) %> <%= date_select("contract[]", :starting_on, :index => @contract.contractor.id) %> ... <% end -%> Here are the request parameters: {"commit"=>"Save",

I am a little confused about the best way to work with date_select. I see that in my views it generates a simple input form that allows for the entry of year, month and date information. If I just leave it at that, great! But what if now in the controller, I want to work with the date information. I actually want to take the user input date and compute a new date some number of days in the