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Hello, Most of the form helpers are build using Object / Method without the possibility of using a method parameter (as I know ...) text_field(object_name, method, options = {}) how do you solve this problem ? -> (I did my own helper and generate the html ... well I think there is a better way;-) -> do I have to overide text_field(object_name, method, parameters {}, options = {})

I have a form to register a user. The issue I am having is the fact that it only populates login, hashed_password and created_at fields. DB table: create table users ( id int not null auto_increment, login varchar(100) default null, hashed_password char(40) default null, email varchar(255) default null, salt varchar(255) default

I''ve got two models, a Company and a User, and a Company belongs_to a User. When I create/edit a company object, I''d like to be able to modify the associated user. Can I do this directly with form helpers? Something like text_field("company.user", "login") Right now I''m having a user object and a company object, and then associating them with

Hi all All my forms should look the same, so I think always putting the right div etc. tags around them is a violation of the DRY principle. Until now my forms look like that: <div class="text_field"> <label for="news_item_subject">Subject:</label> <%= text_field "news_item", "subject" %> </div> Now I want the default

Hello all, I''ve been trying to use a facade column but I notice that the form helpers don''t seem to respect the facade. In the following example I''m trying to story the prices as Integer values but present them to the user as decimals. class Product < ActiveRecord::Base def price=(new_price) write_attribute(:price, Float(new_price)*100) end def price

I have been working on this small, minute, part on my project and it all hinges on setting the value in a text_field helper. Saying: <%= text_field ''user'', ''company'', :value => @login %> does not do it. When I go and look at the raw html, there is no value there and "value" is an attribute of the input tag, im pretty sure. I really like

hi, I''m creating a custom form_builder and i''m trying to figure out how would helpers like text_field know if the field has an error message so I can highlight it and show the message text thanks linoj --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To

The new router in Rails 3 is clean and concise and marks the acceptance of instance_exec as a method for writing a gorgeous DSL. I''m wondering should something similar be applied to the default form helpers? Moving from this: <%= form_for(@post) do |f| %> <%= f.text_field :title %> <% end %> to this: <%= form_for(@post) do %> <%= text_field :title %>

Suppose I have the following models/migrations: class Car < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :manufacturer validates_presence_of :manufacturer validates_association :manufacturer end class CreateCars < ActiveRecord::Migration def self.up create_table cars do |t| t.column :name, :string t.column :manufacturer_id, :integer end end class Manufacturer <

I''m using the _form.rhtml partial for both the new.rhtml and edit.rhtml views like this: <% if @product.cost %> <%= text_field ''product'', ''cost'', :size => 5 %> <% else %> <%= text_field ''product'', ''cost'', :size => 5, :value => 0 %> <% end %> I couldn''t find a

Hi. I''m having a problem that I am sure there is a simple solution for, but I can''t see it. I have the following partial: <% form_for :time_entry, TimeEntry.new, :url => hash_for_time_entries_url(:period => @period, :action => ''new''), :html => { :id => ''time-entry-form'' } do |f| %> <table border="0"

Hi there, I''ve been trying to override the text_field helper with a version in my application helper. Whenever I try and call it from a partial I get the error: "uninitialized constant InstanceTag" I can override the text_field_tag no problem. But there''s lots of stuff I don''t understand in text_field. All I really want to do is set some common options for

I''m trying to set up and run a new form builder under rails, which lives under the helpers directory, but isn''t really a helper. (Not a module, so doesn''t mix in well) Short of dropping down into a view spec, how do I set up to actually spec the form builder? describe RandomFormBuilder do attr_reader :builder before do @object = mock_model(Foo) @builder =

So within a form_for/fields_for can I access the field attributes. [code=ruby]<%= form.text_field :name %>#gives me a text box with the value of :name %> <%= form.label :name %>#gives me a label with ''name'' when I need the value of :name %> # Can I also do something <%= form.text_field :category %>#gives me a text box with true or false %> <% if

Hello, I''m trying to create a form that will allow a user to submit a list of phone numbers, but the list is dynamically created. Thus allowing my form to submit an unknown number of phone numbers. Here is some of the code I have been trying: <%= collection_select( "phone[]", "phone_type_id", PhoneType.find(:all, :order => "position"),

Hi, This is one problem that has gotten me stumped for quite a while. I have an Item that has_many :DeliveryMethod, and what I seek to achieve is to create a form that''d let me create an Item, as well as its DeliveryMethods in 1 single form. And so I tried something like: <%= text_field_tag ''Item[DeliveryMethod][price]'', @Item.DeliveryMethod ?

Do you know how to render a rich text input area (with HTML formatting buttons (bold, italics, etc., available?) In RoR I''m hoping this is very easy to pull off?!? <%= text_area ''blogentry'', ''entry'' %></p> TO <%= rich_text_area ''blogentry'', ''entry'' %></p> ??? Haven''t found

I have a date where the year range is more then I want to define in a select_date scaffold generated year range. My idea was to have the year entered as a text field and the month and day using something like: <%= select_month @person.born,:prefix => :person ,:field_name => "born(2i)" %> <%= select_day @person.born,:prefix => :person , :field_name =>

I am a newbie at rails and can''t figure out the following problem. Can anyone help? I am running the following: Ruby version 1.8.6 (powerpc-darwin9.4.0) RubyGems version 1.2.0 Rails version 2.1.0 Active Record version 2.1.0 Action Pack version 2.1.0 Active Resource version 2.1.0 Action Mailer version 2.1.0 Active Support version 2.1.0 I created three models using the:

Hello, I''m writting some helper methods to write forms, so I have this working code: class TableFormBuilder < ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder ["file_field", "password_field", "text_field"].each do |name| define_method(name) do |label, *args| @template.content_tag(:tr, @template.content_tag(:td, @template.content_tag(:label,