similar to: updating boolean field in model from check box value

Hello all. Am I going totally nuts here and just want to check (Natch!) something. A normal check_box has two value posssibilities. One for checked and one for unchecked, the value gets submitted with a form. The check_box_tag on the other hand, has a checked_value (Called just ''value'') and for the unchecked value...nothing, zip, nada. This means that if you submit a form with

Hi all, After many days of struggling, I have a multi-model form with ajax elements more or less working, but I''m hitting a wall with a few bugs that I can''t figure out. Guidance would be very much appreciated. I''m using the Ryan Bates technique from Advanced Rails recipes to dynamically add and remove elements on a multi-model form.

I am trying to implement a check all and uncheck all button for my check boxes. Here is what I have below. I am getting this error each time: Error: document.myform.add_visit_for_this_Pt has no properties Source File: http://localhost:3000/AddPatientVisit/addvisits Line: 1 Strange that I can''t seem to pass value into the function. Thanks for your help! <SCRIPT

Hi all, I am a RoR newbie and have the following scenario set up: There are 2 ActiveRecords involved, the first one being "User", the second one being "Visibility". The corresponding users table holds address informations regarding a User. The visibilities table holds visibility settings for the individual columns of the users table (i.e. firstname, lastname, country

Hello! I have this page where I list all users in a table. There is checkbox in every row. My User-model has a "checked"-attribute. I have implemented the checkboxes like this: <%= check_box("user[]", "checked") %> Which outputs this: <input id="user_12_checked" name="user[12][checked]" type="checkbox" value="1"

I have a User model and an Address model. A user has_many addresses, and an address belongs_to a user. An address object for a user could be a billing, shipping or marketing address. The way I''m tracking this is via the user attributes: billing_adress_id, marketing_address_id and shipping_address_id in the user table, which holds the relevant address id. But in my form that allows a

I used scaffolding, then modified. As an after thought I added a "boolean" checkbox to my database, form with this tag <p> <%= check_box ''is_hot_item'', @photo.is_hot_item %> <label for="is_hot_item">hot item?</label><br> </p> I check it and save. But I don''t get 1 saved in my database field. :( I have just the

Hey guys, I''m trying to have a simple webform in my administration section to add a user. I have the text_fields for adding the user''s name, password, and password confirmation, but cannot seem to figure out the checkbox. I want it to be a single checkbox, that if clicked, will set the database column "access" to be "admin" and if its unchecked, set it to be

I''d like to add some filter choices to display a list of items. These items has some boolean fields for example, and would like to have a checkbox at the top of the window to let me select how to filter the list. here''s what i put in my controller if @params[:filter].nil? @params[:filter] = { ''sent'' => "1"} end ... generate the corresponding

Basically what I''m trying to do is create a way for users to enter "keywords" that will then be searchable. I.e., when a user creates a new Item, there is also a keywords field in the database that is a string like "purple triangle free" -- but all the user sees when they are creating the keywords is a series of checkboxes like: __blue __red __purple __circle

i''m pretty new to RoR and the MVC style of programming in general. i have one page with a list of applications that several users can access. in my view, i have a conditional that decides whether the checkbox is checked or unchecked. being new to this, i just did it the only way i could think of and want to see if there''s a better way of accomplishing it. <%

Hello, I am having trouble displaying a check box which must be checked but hasn''t been. I would like it to be highlighted as in a scaffolded view but the hidden check box field which is generated by the check_box helper is also highlighted, and the text next to it loses its styling. My code follows. Should I get cleverer with the CSS or write my own check_box helper which

I have a Centos 3 server running Samba 3.0.28. It's a member of an AD domain on a Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 SP2 box. From the W2K3 server I can see the samba share I created. Using the Security tab in the Windows Explorer file properties dialog I can add and remove users and change their permissions. However, in the Permissions tab of the Advanced Security Settings dialog,

Code: <%= check_box_tag("person[#{person.id}][is_approved]", 1, true) %> Rendered output: <input checked="checked" id="person[7][is_approved]" name="person[7][is_approved]" value="1" type="checkbox"> Problem: The value of "1" is always passed, even if the box is UNCHECKED. Suggestions? Thanks! -- Posted via

hello, i am writing a simple user login system. when registering a user account, i have two field: password password_confirmation which are validated using validates_presence_of validates_confirmation_of and these are then used to generate a password hash which is stored in my database when i want to update the record (without changing the password and entering new values for password and

in the mean time i am using a checkbox like this : <input type="checkbox" name="var[car]" <%= var.car ? ''checked'' : '''' unless @var == nil %> /> but i am sure there is something better than this in rails like <%= checkbox_tag ''var'', ''car'', :checked => true %> but this is not

Ahoy, i''m trying to save a many to many between "talent" and "vital stat" talent_controller.rb def edit @talent = Talent.find(params[:id], :include => [:talent_type, :vital_stats]) @talent_types = TalentType.find_all @vital_stats = VitalStat.find_all if request.post? @talent.attributes = params[:talent] @talent.attributes =

Hi, How do I set up a checkbox to use a record with a has_many field? For example, say I have a User which is an Active Record Model. And say it has many names. class User < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :names end class Name < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :user end Say I want to update this user and I want checkboxes that give a choice between different names. How would I do that?

I''m trying to implement a bunch of checkboxes whose value I need to use to process more code without updating the db. This is my code to for the checkbox in my view input type=checkbox id=<%=search.name%>_selected name=<%=search.name%>[selected]> I guess my question is, when I''m back in the controller, how do I get at the actual value (checked or unchecked)? It

Hello, I have the following: My Controller: def new . . @teammembers.each do |teammember| request = @request_thread.requests.build(:recipient_id => teammember.user_id, :full_name => ''Billy Bob T'') end My View: . . <%= f.fields_for :requests do |builder| %> <div class="field"> <%= builder.label