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I''m trying to get a collection_select generated Drop-down box to display two fields from a table (first name & last name); however, I am having trouble concatenating the symbols. It appears as though any code I put in the 5th argument for collection_select is processed prior to executing the collection_select method. The code executes successfully with 1 symbol in the 5th

I am creating a data entry form that allows a user to fill in multiple rows and save them all at once. In my controller, I create an array of "person" objects and pass it to the page. On the page, I have a text field like so: <%= text_field "person", "name", "index" => 1 %> Note the "index" attribute, which sets the name and id

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 =>

I use the following code in my view: <%= collection_select(''datedata'', ''date'', @allDate, :id, :date) %> It''s show me the date of all entries in the database (Dropdown menu). Additional, I wrote a helper method "showDate" in the application_helper.rb! How can I use this method in the collection_select for every date entry? thanks

I have form and a collection_select control. I would like to update form fields (text box) when I select an item from the collection_select box. It''s like selecting template from the collection_select and the template automatically loads to text boxes. Any help? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

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

I''m trying to use collection_select, but it''s not working as I expect. The list populates correctly but the current value is not selected. @question contains a topic (via topic_id), and @topics is the list of all topics. Here''s my attempt to create a drop-down list of the topics. form("question") do | form | form << content_tag("b",

Hi, I can do this : collection_select "state", :id, TrainingState.find_all,:id,:name but not this : collection_select "state[]", :id, TrainingState.find_all,:id,:name Anyone any idea why? Is there something about collection_select that does not allow collections? Thanks Chris -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I have the following models: class Comandancia < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :elementos end class Elemento < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :comandancia validates_presence_of :nombre, :apellido_paterno, :apellido_materno, :comandancia end In the view for New Elemento I''m using <%= start_form_tag :action => ''create'' %> <%= render :partial =>

I know there have been threads on this before but I was thinking shouldn''t multiple collection_select automatically update habtm relations when you update_attributes? In order to get multiple collection_select to work I use: collection_select(:user, :group_ids, Group.find(:all), :id, :name,{},{:multiple=>'''',:name=>''group[id][]''}) In fact if I

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 there ../view/trainings: in my _form.html.erb I use a collection_select to get the id of a worker from Worker-table. <%= collection_select(:worker, :id, @workers, :id, :first_name, options ={:prompt => "Select a worker"}, :class =>"worker") %></div> The collection select shows correct, but there will be no entry in the worker_id field of the new entry.

hello, supposing i have a User class that contains a Wibble class User < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :wibble end in my view i have <%= collection_select :user, :wibble, Wibble.find(:all), :id, :name %> when i post, i get an error like "Wibble expected, got String" how/where am I supposed to convert this posted wibble_id into a Wibble, or am I using collection_select

Hi, I have a table called ''users'', there is a field called ''username'' and another field called ''mobile_number'' (among other fields). In my application the user can send SMS message and can choose between his/her username and mobile number as the sender id. Both of them are of course stored in the users table. Also there is a third option which

Hi, I have built a select field that allows multiple options selected with collection_select and "multiple"=>"multiple". How do I go about receiving the values? If I use a variable name like collection[], it complains that I can''t use @collection[] as the instance variable. TIA victor

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| %>

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

I have a table with (among others) :prefix and :lastname In my view in a collection_select I want to see "prefix lastname". I have ab-so-lu-te-ly no idea how to do this. Can anybody show me? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I would like to use the collection_select with a simply array as the source of the collection. My array looks like this: STATES = ["Alabama", "Alaska", "Texas"] and it is stored in my environment.rb I can''t figure out the syntax for the collection_select in this situation... collection_select("my_object", "state", what goes here??? ) I

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. ?