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Hi All, I am having a little difficulty using the options_for_select forms helper method. I have a form for an active record object book, which belongs to a publisher. Using the options_for_select is working fine as far as creating the various options, but it will not output the "selected=''selected''" bit of html needed to identify which publisher is

Hello Everyone I have a select_tag which I populate using a map, I use options_for_select method to pass the map and "selected" value. For some reason I can not get the option "selected" based on the value I pass to the selected attribute. Here is the code <%= select_tag :current_course, options_for_select( Course.find(:all).map {|p| [p.title,p.id]}, @selected )

hi I am facing the following issue: I have the following dropdown, in the new view select_tag "experience[]", options_for_select([[less_than_1_year, [0,1]],[between_1_and_3_years, [1,3]],[between_3_and_5_years, [3,5]],[between_5_and_7_years,[5,7]], [between_7_and_10_years,[7,10]], [above_10_years,[10,50]]]) The selected value of the user is not getting reflected in the Edit view of

How do I show the selected values in options_for_select? I have a Service model and a AccessControl model. When a user edits a Service I want the services access_controls to be pre-selected. Models: Service has_many AccessControls AccessControl belongs_to Service application.rb: $types = Array["Athens", "htpasswd", "IP", "None", "Other",

Rails 3: I have a view books/:id/show.html.erb - in the view, I have a form with a select tag to pick a template, that on dropdown should submit the form which rerenders the page based on the selection: <%= form_tag book_path(@book) do %> > > <%= select_tag "template[]", >> options_for_select([["Template1","template1"], ["Template2",

Ok, this should be simple but I am finding it''s not and previous postings don''t seem to shed too much light on this. I have a select_tag with 4 values pulled in via a helper: def filter_hours filter_hours = [ ["1 hour", 1], ["24 hours", 24], ["7 days", 168], ["14 days", 336], ] end The select_tag looks

#Controller cookies[:state] = state if state != nil and state.to_i != -1 conditions << ''stateid = ?'' cond_args << state cookies[:state] = state end if !cookies[:state].blank? @default_state = cookies[:state] else @default_state = "" end # view - html

Hi, i''m not sure if this is possible using erb (at the very least, I can''t figure it out by googling or via searching this board), so here goes... i''m using erb to make a select box with several hundred <option> values it looks something like this: <%= select_tag ''controls'', options_for_select(@controls.map {|cpd|

I have a field in a view, like so: <%= select_tag(''quoted_condition'', options_for_select([''NEW'',''RETAIL'',''OEM'',''REFURB''], ''NEW'')) %> This sets the ''selected'' value to ''NEW'' - however, I would like to have a nil value here, so I can

I''m trying to get my animal app to let users populate info about each animal. The code below partially works. It shows the drop down menu, and it shows the names of what I wanted it to be the names of the Databases. I don''t know how to make it work so it shows the name dog and than you hit submit and it appears in the dog view. When I hit submit it just makes a new view under the

Folks, I am running into the following problem. I have a company model that has_many addresses and address belongs_to company (it also belongs to a User model but I assume that is irrelevant to this issue). I am in the list_companies view of the company_controller. When the user selects a company from the drop down I dynamically update the cities dropdown for the cities that the selected company

<b>Client</b><br /> <%= select_tag ''clients[]'', options_for_select( [['' '',''1''], [''aaaa'',''2''],

With a hash such as: stuff = {''1''=>''desc 1'', ''2''=>''desc 2'', ''3''=>''desc 3''} options_for_select(stuff) will output: <option id="desc 1">1</option> <option id="desc 2">2</option> <option id="desc 3">3</option>

Hi, <%= select_tag ''image_id'', options_for_select(Image.find(:all) {| an_image| [ an_image.name, an_image.id ] }), :multiple => true %></p> * I am in a view, and I am trying to search the image table and make a multiple select box with each image''s name. * Right now it is working, but I see this: ---------------------------------------------

Hi, I have a problem with the form select. In the value field I have the generated html... <%= f.select :brand_id, options_for_select([[''Brands'', 0]] + @search_brands.map { |b| [b.name, b.id]}), {:id => ''cbxBrand'', :tabindex => (@tabindex += 1)} %> This is the html: <select name="search[brand_id]"

Guys, I searched this forum and found plenty of people having this problem, but I didn''t see any definitive solution. Usings Rails 1.0. When I edit an existing record, I can''t get the basic "select" helper to display the current value contained in the field of the record. All of my other (text) fields populate correctly with current field values. There appears

I have a select_tag in my view that uses options_for_select with multiple = true. I am having trouble figuring out the Rails way to create and update that field. Please help. Models: ------------- Service has_many AccessControl AccessControl belongs_to Service application.rb ------------------------- $types = Array["Athens", "htpasswd", "IP", "None",

Hi, I''m quite new to this language and I''m having trouble finding out simple things like a dropdown menu in rhtml. I know I have to use <% select_tag %> but I''ve read lots of different ways to put in the options so I''m a bit confused. Options are hard-coded for the menu I''m trying to create so no database is involved! Thanks v much! Bex --

Even reading the documentation I can not figure out what is the select_tag difference between this: <% = select_tag (bags [], "options_for_select (bags.collect @ {| bb | [bb.bag_type, bb.id]}, ruser.bags.collect @ {| ub | ub.id}), {: multiple => true,: id => "bags"})%> and this: <% = select_tag "bags [], " options_for_select (bags.collect @ {| bb

What would be the best way to create a form select dropdown box and upon "submit" have it directly go to a controller method view? I have something that somewhat works, but I think there is probably a much easier way to do it. As of now, I have the dropdown list which when the form is submitted is handed to a controller method which basically I have my dropdown box: <%=