similar to: collection_select - how to set selected options?

Paul Welty wrote: > collection_select(:client, :company_id, @companies, :id, :name, { > :selected_value => 2 , :prompt => "Please select a company..." }) > > Returns a functioning SELECT element, but it won¹t select the second item. > (BTW, using the selected_value as a string doesn¹t work either) > > Am I doing something wrong, or is this impossible? >

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).

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

Hiall, Unfortunately I just can''t find out how to setup a default selected value when using collection_select. My call is like so: <%= collection_select(:consultant, :lastname, @consultants, :id, :lastname, { :selected => @current_consultant.id } ) %> which is not working, I debugged so far that I know that @current_consultant.id contains the correct value. Any tips? cheers

Hi, I have built a select field that allows multiple options selected with collection_select and "multiple"=>"multiple". How do I go about receiving the values? If I use a variable name like collection[], it complains that I can''t use @collection[] as the instance variable. TIA victor

Hi, I am using collection_select to build a drop down list. I would like to have the current value selected. How can I do that? My current code is straight from the example in Pragmatic Programmers book [2nd ed, p480] copying here for reference. <%= @users = User.find(:all, :order => "name" ) form.collection_select(:name, @users, :id, :name) %> I went through the api docs

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.com/.

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

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/.

Hi, I''m having some problem with getting collection_select to return the current value when editing a record. According to everything I''ve seen, there was an issue but it''s been fixed, but I can''t figure out why it isn''t returning the current value as a selected option. I''ve checked the table structures, and both the call_driver.product_line_id

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

Is there any reason that foreign key fields do not show in any of the scaffold views ? project table: id serial primary key, category_id integer, user_id integer, name varchar, morestuff varchar foreign key (category_id) references categories(id), foreign key (user_id) references users(id) scaffold generated views only show name, morestuff fields

Hey all, I have 2 newbie questions, 1st question: <%= collection_select (:region, :id, @regionall, :id, :title,options={:prompt=>"- Select cat -"}) %> Ignores the :prompt part while options={:include_blank => true} works. Any idea what I?m doing work with :prompt ? 2nd question: How can make my collection_selected to display it''s third key by default? I know it has

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

Hi All, I took this idea Christian Hellsten and Jarkko Laine''s "Beginning Ruby on Rails E-Commerce". Here is the situation. I will be using the "options_from_collection_for_select" and "collection_select" form helper methods in my view to render drop-down selection lists for City and State that have corresponding city_id and state_id foreign key references

I''ve been trying to sort out a multiple select dropdown but haven''t found any good examples - anyone know of any or perhaps could make a suggestion [see below] Model: 1. Task AR has_many users 2. User AR belongs_to task login/password attributes Controller: View: <%= collection_select("task", "users" , @users, "id", "login", {},

Say I have a normal <SELECT> tag being generated thusly: <%= collection_select :task, :id, Task.find(:all), :id, :name %> what is the easiest way to add a "ANY" option to the top of the option list? I know Task.find(:all) returns a collection object, so is there a unshift() for that? well OK I tried: Task.find(:all).unshift([:id=>0,

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 can''t figure out how to get the collection_select to correctly identify and select the appropriate option in the drop down to begin with. i have checked that charge.offense_level contains the correct value to begin with (a number between 1 and 10) but the view still defaults to the first option and not the one contained in the charge.offense_level. what am i doing wrong? any