similar to: Select not providing default option

I''m trying to get a select box to populate with the current option for editing purposes. I can populate the box, but not with the currently selected value. I''ve read in the api where it says to do this: # Example with @post.person_id => 1: # select("post", "person_id", Person.find_all.collect {|p| [ p.name, p.id ] }, { :include_blank =>

The documentation states as an example: select("post", "person_id", Person.find_all.collect {|p| [ p.name, p.id ] }, { :include_blank => true }) could become: <select name="post[person_id]"> <option></option> <option value="1" selected="selected">David</option> <option

Hi, I''m using: select(object, method, choices, options = {}, html_options = {}) I''ve read the API where there''s this example: select("post", "person_id", Person.find_all.collect {|p| [ p.name, p.id ] }, { :include_blank => true }) should give this code: <select name="post[person_id]"> <option></option>

Hello, I''m wondering where in the docs am I suppose to find a complete list of options for the collection_select helper? For instance the API docs have an example for the select helper as below: select("post", "person_id", Person.find_all.collect {|p| [ p.name, p.id ] }, { :include_blank => true }) Where the heck do I find valid values for the options and

This code: <p> <label for="resource_type">Type</label><br/> <%= select(:resource, :type, %w{ Web Data }, { :include_blank => true }) %> </p> Produces this error: TypeError in Resources#new Showing app/views/resources/_form.rhtml where line #6 raised: wrong argument type String (expected Module) Extracted source (around line

Hi -- I''ve got a very strange error. I have an action called ''commit_input'' on a controller called ''SiteVisitController''. This definately exists, and is called from the functional test for it, and passes fine. My problem is with the form that is supposed to call this action. The form tag is: <%=

I''m not asking for help this time! :) :) In almost every Rails project I create, I find that I want a select() popup menu that is pre-populated by data from the database. Also, I want an "Other..." option that presents a text_field_tag to input another (not presented) option (basically a combo-box). In an attempt to be as DRY as possible, I''ve come up with

Hello friends! I am trying to make a database that will have a group of people set to committees, and a person can be in multiple committees, and a committee obviously has multiple people. The people are senators at my university. These are my current models: senator.rb: -- class Senator < ActiveRecord::Base validates_presence_of :first_name, :last_name, :floor has_and_belongs_to_many

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

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/.

Hi, I have this code for a select box, <%= select("plugin", "plugcats", Plugcats.find_all.collect {|p| [ p.title, p.id ] }, { :include_blank => true }) %> at the minute it extracts teh requried data, but submits the data as params[''plugin''][''plugcats''] how can I get it to submit it as

I use :filter action to display form and allow record filtering. It contains form with combo box, submit button and list of record matching value in combo. filter.rb: class Filter attr_accessor :owner def initialize(params) @owner = ''''; if !params[:filter].nil? and params[:filter].has_key?(:owner) @owner = params[:filter][:owner] end end end Controler: @users =

Hello all. I am trying to create a self-referential has_many :through. I used the following site as a guide http://blog.hasmanythrough.com/articles/2006/04/21/self-referential-through but it still doesn''t appear to be working. I have two models. Person and Relationship. A person has many contacts (Which is another person) through relationships class Person < ActiveRecord::Base

Sorry for the big post. I''m having a lot of confusion when trying to implement a simple model relationship that uses all the good things of ActiveRecord. I need to store some dinamic entries about knowledge of certain people on the database. A knowledge is measured with another table, with a range of possible values for a knowledge. This is a reduced schema of my database: create table

When I write var x = "<%= select_tag(:activity_group, options_for_select(activity_grp),{:include_blank => ''Create New Group'', :style => ''width: 100px''}) %>"; where <% activity_grp = @activity_group.map { |ag| [ag.name, ag.id] } %> However, I get error (missing ; before statement) in Firebug because var x = "<select

hey, i have this problem how come i always get -1 for the select list?? rhtml First, select a client. <select id="client_id" name="client[id]" onChange="submit();" > <%= options_for_select(@client_options, @client_id.to_i) %> </select><%= @client_id %> controller if @request.post? if @request.xml_http_request? #called by ajax,

I am trying to use a slect box in my form, but I am stuck with an error I cannot understand... here is what I wrote according to the documentation ... <%= f.select ("property", "user_id", User.find_all.collect {|u| [ u.name u.id ] }, { :include_blank => true }) %> user_id is a FK to a user (owner of the property) Associations : User has_many properties,

I''ve got a fairly basic has_and_belongs_to_many setup, with a Business model and a Category model. In the admin functionality for the Business, I''d like to have a multiple select box showing all of the Categories, with included ones selected, etc. I''m stumped as to how to do it, though - it seems like there should be an easy way, but I''m missing it looking

In my view, I have: <%= select("division_filter", "division_id", Division.find_all.collect {|p| [ p.division, p.id ] }, { :include_blank => true }) %> How do I retrieve the division_id in my controller? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hey All, I''m trying to play along w/the ''complex forms 1'' railscast (http://railscasts.com/episodes/73) and having trouble. The view is projects/new. I''m trying to add some project_people to the form w/code like so: <% form_for(@project) do |f| %> [project stuff here] <% for pp in @project.project_person %> <% fields_for