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hi I am facing the following issue: I have the following dropdown, in the new view select_tag "experience[]", options_for_select([[less_than_1_year, [0,1]],[between_1_and_3_years, [1,3]],[between_3_and_5_years, [3,5]],[between_5_and_7_years,[5,7]], [between_7_and_10_years,[7,10]], [above_10_years,[10,50]]]) The selected value of the user is not getting reflected in the Edit view of

I''m terribly new to Rails, so bear with me. I have an application I am working on which deals with projects and subcontractors. There can be several subs on each project and each sub can work on several projects. I have my join table set up and has_and_belongs_to_many in both models. If I manually put data in the join table, this works in my show view: <% for subcontractor in

Ok, this should be simple but I am finding it''s not and previous postings don''t seem to shed too much light on this. I have a select_tag with 4 values pulled in via a helper: def filter_hours filter_hours = [ ["1 hour", 1], ["24 hours", 24], ["7 days", 168], ["14 days", 336], ] end The select_tag looks

Even reading the documentation I can not figure out what is the select_tag difference between this: <% = select_tag (bags [], "options_for_select (bags.collect @ {| bb | [bb.bag_type, bb.id]}, ruser.bags.collect @ {| ub | ub.id}), {: multiple => true,: id => "bags"})%> and this: <% = select_tag "bags [], " options_for_select (bags.collect @ {| bb

Hi, I have created a multiple selection listbox with rails, when I try to get the rows selected by user, rails send back only the first one, how can I get the other selected rows???? I created the listbox with the following function: select_tag("form__list1", options_for_select(["A","B","C","D"], selected = "A"), html_options =

Hi all, (I''m new with RoR) I''m using a migratio to import data into a database but nothing is being happens. I''m importing strings from a parsed file. this is what I have: controller: class UploadController < ApplicationController def create table = { } params[:localized_string][:data].each_line do |line| if line =~ /^\s* " (.*?) "

Hi, I have two models: category and subcategory. (one to many relationship), and a controller ''home'' I''d like to display all the categories and their sub categories in the view: home\index.rhtml. I have a method in the ''home'' controller'' like this: def list_categories @categories = Category.find(:all) end This list all the categories

I have a select_tag in my view that uses options_for_select with multiple = true. I am having trouble figuring out the Rails way to create and update that field. Please help. Models: ------------- Service has_many AccessControl AccessControl belongs_to Service application.rb ------------------------- $types = Array["Athens", "htpasswd", "IP", "None",

Rails 3: I have a view books/:id/show.html.erb - in the view, I have a form with a select tag to pick a template, that on dropdown should submit the form which rerenders the page based on the selection: <%= form_tag book_path(@book) do %> > > <%= select_tag "template[]", >> options_for_select([["Template1","template1"], ["Template2",

Hi, I''m new in developint rails (but I love rails). I would like to react on changing a field in the view (no model field) from a selection box to show the number of rows (which I used in the controller). In the controller I read the params-hash: ... @rowsperpage = params[''rowsperpage''].to_i ... In the view I have the field, where I like to react directly. ...

Hello again, I have a table called line_items, with the following fields: id int item_name varchar() qty int conditions text I''ve made my LineItem model, and everything works as such (with simple text_fields).. Now I''d like for the conditions field to be a select_tag() with multiple choice possibility. I''m guessing I need some code to expand/restract the array for

Hi All, Inside my app\views\expenses\new.html.erb file, I had the code: <% form_for(@expense) do |f| %> [snip] <p> <%= f.label :vendor %><br /> <%= f.text_field :vendor %> <br /> <div id="vendor_droplist> <%= select_tag "test", options_for_select(@current_vendors.collect { |v| v.nickname }), {:multiple

Hi guys, I just recently fell in love with Rails. Now, I''m trying to make a simple page where at list of tasks is presented. Each task has a user. At the top of the list I want to be able to make a select/dropdown list containing all users, so that will be able to select all tasks for a certain user. Looking at the Rails api I find the helper method: collection_select. Just what I

Hi, I''ve got a public\images\DownArrow.jpg and app\views\expenses\new.html.erb that want to present this image in the following context: <p> <%= f.label :vendor %><br /> <%= f.text_field :vendor %> <%= f.image "DownArrow.jpg" %> <br> <%= select_tag "test", options_for_select(@current_vendors.collect {

Hi iam using select_tag i want selected_option. i have made select _tag like this <%=select_tag(''name'', options_for_select({ :Relevance =>''Relevant'',:Date=>''Recent''}),:selected=>params[:name].to_s) %> The generated html look like this <select selected="Relevant" name="name"

I have a view helper like ryan bates complex forms task helper, rails 2.2.2. Anyway is there a way to send the value selected in a select menu to the helper? I am trying to do stuff without going back to the server. <%= select_tag :discout_code, options_for_select(@discount_codes)%><%= add_exclusion_date_link(''Add Existing'', JS ) %> -- You received this

Guys, I searched this forum and found plenty of people having this problem, but I didn''t see any definitive solution. Usings Rails 1.0. When I edit an existing record, I can''t get the basic "select" helper to display the current value contained in the field of the record. All of my other (text) fields populate correctly with current field values. There appears

It cannot be this difficult, especially in rails. Here is my form code in a partial for the index action of a controller: <% form_tag({:controller => controller_name, :action => ''index''}, {:method => :get, :class => ''form''}) do %> <div class="columns"> <div class="column left"> <p>

What is the best way to create a drop down where the viewable text in a concatenation of 2 or more columns? For instance, I hane a lookup table with these columns. Model FOO columns: id , name, phone In my drop select tag, I''d like the user to see: "name1 phone1" "name2 phone2" etc.. I know I can do this using find_by_sql . .. But, isn''t there a more

Hello everyone, I''m just trying to understand some logical reasons behind Rails syntax of "select" and "select_tag". I know I can do this: <%= form.select :card_type, supported_card_types, { :prompt => "Please Select..."} %> which sets a model field in the params hash. If I want to do the same for a non-model field,