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when retreiving a date from a DATETIME field in a database, is there a way to set the date to the value of the DB in the view? It seems to always default to the current date... if I have a field called birthdate in the users table and i do @user = User.find(@params[:id]) in my view i have a <%= date_select ''birthdate'',''user'' %> but dont know how to

I am using date_select and in some instances it only shows about 10 years worth of choices. Same form on other users shows the whole range. date_select looks like this <%= date_select ''user'',''birthdate'' , :start_year => 1940 %> I would expect to always see 1940-2006 or so , but i dont always do. Is there a way to force the range or explain why i

Hi, I render a couple of date_select fields, the HTML looks fine, I can see the values submitted back to the server, but AR doesn''t pick them up from the hash in Booking.new(params[''booking'']). I''ve got a ''booking'' object with parameters product, startdate and enddate. HTML snippets: <select

Hi, I am doing the following: <% obj.contracts.each do |@contract| -%> ... <%= hidden_field("contract[]", :contractor_id, :index => @contract.contractor.id) %> <%= date_select("contract[]", :starting_on, :index => @contract.contractor.id) %> ... <% end -%> Here are the request parameters: {"commit"=>"Save",

I am a little confused about the best way to work with date_select. I see that in my views it generates a simple input form that allows for the entry of year, month and date information. If I just leave it at that, great! But what if now in the controller, I want to work with the date information. I actually want to take the user input date and compute a new date some number of days in the

Dates defined chosen with date_select are not coming through once the form is submitted. I have this in a form: <%= date_select ''search'', ''date_start'', :include_blank => true %> <%= date_select ''search'', ''date_end'' , :include_blank => true %> However, when I submit the form params[:search][:date_start]

Hi, I could not find an easy way to specify the ''id'' attribute for select inputs of ''date_select'' form helper. I need to set it because I want to retrieve date selects values from a javascript. <%= date_select ''product'', ''expiration'' %> generates <select name="product[expiration(1i)]">

<%= date_select(''user'', ''birthdate'', { :start_year => 80.years.ago.year, :end_year => 12.years.ago.year } ) %> work in rails 1.2.2 date_select(object_name, method, options = {}) I try many times but also didn''t know how to set tabindex in date_select --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message

Hi there I''m having problems storing dates in a DB(postgreSQL) I have the field dtmfechanac of type date I have this in the view <%= date_select ''usuario'', ''dtmfechanac'', :start_year => 1900 %> and I have this in te controller data = { "dtmfechanac" => params[:usuario][:dtmfechanac] "dtmfechainicio" =>

Can you see an obvious reason why this date_select code is failing? The parameters from the form - *Parameters*: {"commit"=>"Save All Changes", "campaign_id"=>"1", "campaign"=>{"name"=>"fdsfas", "end_date(3i)"=>"26", "start_date(1i)"=>"2006",

hello, i would like to display a collection of records on one page (e.g. an author record with all his/her books). a record contains a text_area (e.g. a description of the book) and a date_select (e.g. when the book was published). <% for @book in @author.books %> <%= text_area ''book[]'', ''note'' %> <%= datetime_select

I am using the date_select helper to generate date select elements in a form. I notice that the generated HTML shows that these selects have the following names: Month: current_job[StartDate(2i)] Day: current_job[StartDate(3i)] Year: current_job[StartDate(1i)] I''m assuming that the Xi identifiers somehow specify the appropriate date part from a date or time value. Can anyone

I want to allow users to enter a day and a month, but not necessarily a year. i.e. it should be optional. If I select the day and month, but a blank year and then submit i get: 1 error(s) on assignment of multiparameter attributes The paramaters regarding the date look like this: {"date_of_birth(2i)"=>"3",

Hi, I''ve put together a simple form that contains among other things a date_select: <%= date_select(:user, :dob, :order => [:day, :month, :year], :start_year => 1900, :end_year => Date.today.year) %> In my controller I have some code to create a user entity from the parameters posted up from the form, like so: parameters:

If I pass a date through date_select to a controller, can a Active Record object be found based on this date that is passed? Here is what my log says: ArgumentError (Unknown key(s): publication_date(2i), publication_date(3i), publication_date(1i)): /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/core_ext/hash/keys.rb:48:in `assert_valid_keys''

I''m getting markup violation errors on my tests and I noticed that a template with this (a modified 0.13.1 generated scaffold). <label for="credit_card_account">Account</label> <%= text_field ''credit_card'', ''account'' %> <label for="credit_card_expires_on">Expires on</label>

Hi, i''m working with a date_select field, and I''ve got the following question. The date_select outputs something that looks like: <select name="widget[designedon(1i)]"> <option value="2001">2001</option> </select> I''m used to using prototype to access form elements, but I seem to be missing something here. I''m

Hi I have two date select options in a form, when I try and grab these values using somthing like @pMax = params[:max] I get this in the varibale name max(1i)2006max(2i)6max(3i)5 which has the correct data, jsut with added things like max(1i) Whats the best way of grabbbing this data into a variable without the extra titles? Scott -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi All, I am wondering if it is possible to have date_select fields that are indexed for updating of multiple rows. Here is my code: <% @book.awards.each do |@award| %> <tr> <td><%= select("award[]", "category", [ "Fiction", "Non-Fiction", "Poetry", "First-Boak", "Translation" ], { :include_blank

Hi, I am using "date_select" form helper to select the date. My code is as follows:- <%=date_select("post", "written_on", :prompt => { :day => ''Select day'', :month => ''Select month''}, :discard_year=>true)%> It works. But there is problem with the number of days for each month. The days combobox has populated with