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Paul Welty wrote: > collection_select(:client, :company_id, @companies, :id, :name, { > :selected_value => 2 , :prompt => "Please select a company..." }) > > Returns a functioning SELECT element, but it won¹t select the second item. > (BTW, using the selected_value as a string doesn¹t work either) > > Am I doing something wrong, or is this impossible? >

I have a wizard which consists of two pages. To keep it simple let''s say that the first page asks the user to select a state from the drop down menu. In case the user doesn''t select any state, an error message needs to be displayed. Ideally I would like to do something like this. def new selected_value = params[:addevent][:state_id] if selected_value == "-1"

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

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

Hello all and hoping for some insight a project manger type of application, staff are assigned to projects, but each staff has varied roles for different projects... STI does not seem to be applicable here Imagine a table staffs... id int name varchar blah.... is_manager int 1 is_engineer int 1 is_producer int 1 and projects... id name manager_id engineer_id producer_id how is the best way

Hey all, I have 2 newbie questions, 1st question: <%= collection_select (:region, :id, @regionall, :id, :title,options={:prompt=>"- Select cat -"}) %> Ignores the :prompt part while options={:include_blank => true} works. Any idea what I?m doing work with :prompt ? 2nd question: How can make my collection_selected to display it''s third key by default? I know it has

I''m in Rails 2.1, Ruby 1.8.6 -- http://pastie.org/211063 <%= params[:doctor_id] %> <%= options_from_collection_for_select(Doctor.active, :id, :name, :selected => params[:doctor_id]) %> <%= options_from_collection_for_select(Doctor.active, :id, :name, :selected_value => params[:doctor_id]) %> Returns: 53 <option value="49">Michael

Dear all. I have data that looks like this: Biller Cycle Jan Feb Mar Apr May JuneAB 1 100 150 150 200 300 450JL 2 650 600 750 700 850 800JL 3 700 740 680 690 700 580IR 1 455 400 405 410 505 550IR 4 600 650 700 750 650 680IR 5 100 150 120 130 140 190IR 9 600 640 630 625 680 690 For each biller and cycle, I want to determine the six

In Excel, I have data that looks like this. Month Seg Prod Biller Cycle Sales 1/1/2008 A Table Phyllis 1 500 1/1/2008 A Table Phyllis 2 600 1/1/2008 A Table Phyllis 3 650 1/1/2008 A Table Doreen 1 345 1/1/2008 A Table Doreen 2 451 1/1/2008 A Table Doreen 6 550 1/1/2008 A Table Doreen 9 590 1/1/2008 A Table Doreen 11 860 1/1/2008 A Chair Phyllis 1 300 1/1/2008 A Chair Phyllis 2 350

I want to use DRb within my Rails app. Right now I''ve got a very basic class: class PaymentGateway cattr_accessor :ssl_config, :host, :port def self.gateway @@gateway ||= new end def process(amount, card, type = :auth) @biller.process(amount, card, type) end def set_card(user_id, number) @biller.set_card(user_id, number) end protected def initialize

in my controller @cursos = Curso.find_all in my view i''m trying to do a select_tag with the results @cursos, using a helper select_tag "name" options_for_select(@cursos) --------> not works select_tag "name" @cursos --------> not works how to do it, using the helper? tks -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I''am try using collection_select helper, but the option selected_value not work i try like this: <%= collection_select("user", "gender_id", @genders, "id", "description", {:include_blank => true, :selected_value => "2"} []''s Bruno -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

how to set default value in combo box or whether there is another way plz explain with example code advance thx have a nice day -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hey all, I have a many-to-many relationship (Questions has_and_belongs_to_many Answers), and when I destroy the Question (the one) I also destroy all the Answers (the many). Since the following doesn''t seem to work for has_and_belongs_to_many: class Question < AR::Base... has_and_belongs_to_many :answers, :dependent => :destroy end I have this embedded in a transaction block

I am wondering why is in creating text fields with form_helper used value_before_type_cast instead of attribute value for field value? I set rails enviroment so date fields are in european format (dd.mm.yyyy) and would like to have same format in forms, but because of value_before_type_cast is called, form fields are filled with ''yyyy-mm-dd'' or timestamp integer, etc.

I''m trying to change over from Rails 1.1.6 to 1.2.1 and have discovered that either something is wrong with Prototype of else something has changed that I am not aware of and cannot find documentation on. (I just joined this group, so if this has already been cussed and discussed here or in another list then please point me in the right direction.) I am trying to use the

Hi all, I have noticed that the "CONFIG_NETLINK" has been removed since kernel version 2.4.17, does this mean that we cannot use "arpd" with kernel versions 2.4.17 onwards. vishy _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/

hello i want to ask, how to generate model from table in my database. That''s possibel ? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send

Hello people, I''d like to detect whether an attribute of a model has vaildates_presence_of applied to it so I can automatically apply a mandatory (*) to the field...it doesn''t look easy...any ideas? Cheers, -- Dan Webb http://www.danwebb.net

I''m having problems to make the selected works, i''ve been trying with select and options_from_collection_for_select. I''ve tried, :selected, :selected_key, :selected_value, and all i can got from the doc page ( http://rubyonrails.org/api/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormOptionsHelper.html#M000399 ) and from wiki. Code: select(''informacao'',