similar to: Dynamic select box

Hello everyone, first post to the list and a relative newbie to Rails development. Done quite a bit of JSP, PHP, HTML, XML etc and thought I would kick the tires on Rails to see if it can speed up development for internal applications. Anyway, I am running into a problem that is just driving me crazy and everything I read on the net doesn''t seem to help. I was hoping someone here might

I have an inner join query that Action Record can''t seem to pull off conventionally, so I''m trying to use :finder_sql to utilize an sql query that works beautifully in SQL. The problem is, when I try to call the method, I get the following: private method `gsub'' called for #<Array:0x267de04> Here is my has_many code: has_many :mod_privileges,

Hi I''m having a issue with one object when try to update the attributes in this object previously saved in the database I have one object comp and one object reg they have this relationship comp has_many regs reg belongs_to comp when run use the method valid? like this current_contribuyente.comps.build(params[:comp]).valid? it returns: IndexError (string not matched) And when

Hi trying to create a select box in _form.rhtml. I have a table called organisations that contains fileds, 2 being ''id'' and ''name'' these are the fields I need to bring over to the clients _form.rhtml. whats the best way of going about that?? 2 ways i have seen suggested that I cant get to work -@organisations = Organisation.find_all placed this in def new

I want a select box that displays 5 rows instead of one row and a drop down. so i figure this should work, but it doesn''t. <%= collection_select(:constellation, :region_id, @regions, :id, :name, html_options = {:size => ''5''})%> I am not quite sure how to use that html_options and googling around I didnt find anything directly on point. Any suggestions?

I am looking to get my option drop down list to populate from a model. In my controller i''m using: @roles = Role.find(:all, :order => "name") in my view I have: <%= collection_select(:id, :name, @roles, :id, :name) %> role <%= submit_tag("Go") %> I cannot get just the id of the selected option. If i inspect the params I get:

Hello All, I am new to ROR, and can''t seem to get HABTM to cooperate entirely... however I might be abusing it! Before I try a different strategy I thought I''d ask here and see if I''m missing something simple. So say Projects and Companies are related. Projects can have multiple Companies, and Companies can be on multiple Projects. But, the same Company can also

Hello - I am fairly new to Ruby on Rails, but feel like I am learning quick. I have what seems to be a fairly unique issue as I cannot find much out there that describes what I''m seeing. Hopefully it''s a very simple fix, and I simply can''t see the forest through all the trees! I am attempting to create 2 related drop-down lists in the same form_for, both using

Hi: Sad question, I know. I saw it somewhere but can''t rediscover it. I have a collection_select and want to add a prompt so the dropdown displays "select one" How is that done? thanks. bruce

Hi all, Currently I''m having to do this: def self.authorized_roles(controller, action) specific = self.find_by_controller_and_action(controller, action) all_actions = self.find_by_controller_and_action(controller, ''*'') all_controllers = self.find_by_controller(''*'') role_ids = [] specific.each do |role_item| role_ids <<

Hello, I am working on a project, and on one form we have a select (drop- down) box where the user needs to be able to select from a list of clients. The box is currently being populated with: <%= collection_select(:client, :id, @account.clients, :id, :name) %> The problem is that some of these clients may have already been selected, and we need to remove them from the list. Is this

This is pretty simple, but I must be missing the obvious. I''ve got a table that''s similar to this: USERS: - id int - username varchar(64) - password varchar(64) - role_id int ROLES: - id int - description varchar(16) I''ve had no troubles doing has_many relationships at all. But I want to map the user.role directly to the role model automatically (which sounds

I have the following snippet in my app: <% @anitem = Item.find(:all, :conditions => "id = " + params[:id]) %> <% form_for :anitem, :url => { :action => :updateitem } do |thisform| -%> ... ... (some code...removed) ... <%= collection_select :thisform, :item_category, ItemCategory.find(:all), :id, :name %><br> <%= collection_select :thisform,

Have 2 tables - clients & case_managers class Client < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :case_manager end app/views/clients/_form.html contains line... <p><% collection_select("client", "case_manager_id", \ case_manager.find_all, "name", "id") %></p> and this line generates error... undefined local variable or method

I have been struggling for quite sometime with this. Is there any way to configure the Model to store user defined value in the inheritance_column instead of the default value (which is class_name) The problem I have is like this: I have a User model and there are different models which inherit from this like Admin, Premium, Professional, etc. Each of these inherited models are identified by a

I would like to add javascript ''onChange'' event handling for a select field, such as <%= collection_select("job", "client_id" , @clients, "id", "name") %> with onChange="xxx" Anyone know how to make this work? Thank you, Scott -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

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 select list tht is built from a "collection_select" and I want to reselect the value the user submitted if any part of the form errors. could someone point me in the right direction for doing this? my select looks like this collection_select(:company, :id, @companies, :id, :name) I tried setting the variable @company to param[:company] but that didnt work. thanks --

I am trying to create a null object in my application. I would like to assigned a null user object for anonymous/ mot-logged-in user, i.e. if session variable has nil data. In my User model, I have created a subclass like this: class UnassignedUser < User def save false end def update false end def username "Unassigned" end def county_id

Rails 2.3.5 I am working on a nested form that assigns roles to users through a table called clearances. I have attr_acessable turned off globally in an initializer: ActiveRecord::Base.send(:attr_accessible, nil) I have this set in clearance.rb attr_accessible(:description, :effective_from, :role_id, :superceded_after, :user_id) And this is what params looks like after the