similar to: getting value of 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| %>

(I posted this earlier but it doesn''t appear on the group, so I''m writing it again, If it appears twice, I apologize.) I have a drop-down box that allows the user to select a language. I want to use Ajax to render a filtered list of items based on the language selected. I don''t want the user to press a Submit button nor refresh the page, of course. I''m using

I have a table named "posts" with an "author" attribute. At the posts index page, the user should be able to sort the posts through a drop down list that contains the author name. My problem is, when I use form option helper "collection_select", it gives me all the authors that contained in the "field" - 3 Johns and 4 Chris -. How can I remove the

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 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

I have been trying to pass a collection_select parameter and a text field parameter to observe_field so that it watches both the parameters simultaneously. but what i can see is , when i select some value from drop down and dont write anything in text field its giving correct results.parameters are also correct passed, but just after that if i write something in text field that value also get

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"},

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 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

In my current application, i have food categories: mexican, home made, japanese, ect As these categories only have ID and name, no other attributes, i dont want to create a table on the DB. My first idea was to create a constant named FOOD_CATEGORIES, that is has like: FOOD_CATEGORIES = { 1=>''mexican'', 2=>''japanese'',

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

I have a page, which renders a partial that contains a ''State'' drop down list. Upon change, it re-renders the ''City'' drop down, re- populating it based on selected state_id: Page: /customer/new.rhtml <% form_for :customer, :url => customers_path do |f| %> State: <%= f.collection_select :state_id, State.find(:all), ''id'',

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.