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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| %>

<%= 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 all, I have a relatively simple scenario. I have a form that can have a list of multiple phone objects in it. I''m trying to get the edit and entry screens to work with unique field names. I have entry and record creation working, but I''m still working on edit. Is it possible for me to specify the value of the selected index to the "collection_select" method via

Hi, Thank u all for replying my previous posts. I have following problem I want to send multiple selected values from collection_select using ":with" option to a controller without submitting the form, i have following code <%= collection_select(:cluster, :CLST_RegionID, regions, :id, :REG_RegionName, {:prompt => "Please Select"},

Hi Im trying to change the layout of a view depending on the value selected in a collection_select box dynamically. Iow the value selected must be passed to the controller without any submit buttons beings pressed. Ultimately I wanna know how to obtain the selected value from collection_select and refresh this value if the collection is changed.... Any help would be appreciated!! thx -- Posted

Hi, I''m want to obtain the selected value from collection_select and to use it to display something from the same table or other tables. There is my short code : <TR> <TD><label for="country">country name</label></TD> <TD><%= collection_select(:country, :country_id, @countries, :id, :name) %></TD> </TR> by selecting a

Hi all, Can we use collection_select with default selected option. I am implementing countries and its corresponding states dropdown through Ajax and I have used collection_select method to select countries. Now for editing point of view I want the country which is selected earlier should come. Please let me know if someone has any idea about this. Thanks Ruchita Sharma. -- Posted via

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

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

Hi, I am filling a collection_select with a list of models references based on a column named "model_ref". <%= collection_select(:assets, :model_id, @models, :id, :model_ref,:prompt => ''- Select a model -'') %></p> I have two issues : 1) I would like to concatenate another column next to the model reference inside the option value with the description

Hi, I''m trying to use collection_select with a habtm relationship. Let''s say you have two tables: books and authors with a many-to-many relationship. Is there any way in rails to render something like selection boxes for each author, so that the user can change them? I tried this (and several more variations) but it doesn''t work: <% for @author in @book.authors

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

In a form, I am trying to use collection_select with multiple=true, like so: collection_select(:user, :roles, Role.find(:all), ''id'', ''name'', {}, :multiple => true) %> My multiple select box is rendered fine, but... I want the select to have the current role options for the user pre-selected when I view it. So if there are five roles in the database and

Hi: I am using a collection_select to select which client''s records I want. Everything works properly EXCEPT the list box reverts to its initial value rather than holding onto the client whose records I am now viewing. ?

Is there a workaround for this issue yet? I just wasted a ton of time trying to debug this in an AJAX form. http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/1037-selected-option-is-ignored-for-collection_select ----------- Reported by YoNoSoyTu | September 12th, 2008 @ 11:07 PM | in 2.3 The :selected option in collection_select is ignored. This patch uses the value of :selected option if

Hi, I''ve been working with rails for a couple of months now and I''m beginning to understand how things work but this has got me baffled. I want to return the user.id from a selection of a list of user names. I followed the example from AWD w/ Rails (page 487) on how to use collection_select but the controller barfs because it wants a user and the id is coming back as a string.

Hi all I guess this is quite a newbie question, but I''m just stuck here and don''t know why. <%= form.collection_select :origin_country, Country.find(:all), :id, :name %> gives me a select list with name="member[origin_country]". When submitting the form the following error is shown: Country expected, got String When I try <%= form.collection_select

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

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

Hey, Is is possible to make collection_select return multiple values? If yes, how can it be done? I?ve tried: <%= collection_select("group[]", "id", @groups, "id", "name", {},{:multiple => true}) %> Leading to: You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it! You might have expected an instance of ActiveRecord::Base. The error