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I have a "Users" object and a "Timesheets" object. Each timesheet entry belongs to a User, which is selected from a drop-down list. The timesheet has a user_id field. (The user needs to have an option to select a different user due to the way our system works.) If i use the "select" object, which is bound to the Timesheet model, using this code: <%= select

I have two tables, a Projects table and a Clients table. It''s basically a HABTM relationship, but I have additional project/ client-specific information in the join table. I''m trying to use the new has_many :through method to join these. It works fine when displaying records, but when I try to search, I''m having this problem: When I used a HABTM model to search

For the most part, my flash[:notice] messages fall into one of two categories: either a message stating that something happened successfully (which is colored green), or messages showing errors (which I would like to be red). Is it possible to set some sort of flag on these messages to choose which color I want to show, or would I need to base it on CSS and set the class in the text, i.e.

Whenever an email is sent via ActionMailer, and the recipient is using Outlook 2003 (with SP2 installed), the e-mail is getting put in the junk e-mail folder. Since Outlook doesn''t give a reason it was tagged as junk, it''s hard to determine what to change. I''ve compared the message headers of the "junk" mail and a valid email sent through Outlook, and the

The following code shows a list of the users, with username being each person''s initials (mine would be DM). <%= options_from_collection_for_select @users,"id","username" %> However, I''d like to have the display of the SELECT box be "DM - Dylan Markow" instead of "DM." Is this possible using

I''m trying to use the file_column plug-in to attach a file to a newsletter posting. It works fine if I get the form right the first time, but if I get an error, such as not typing in a required field, and the form re-displays, my file selection box reverts to "no file selected." Here''s my relevant controller code: def new @newsletterpost = Newsletterpost.new

When I try to run script/breakpointer, I get the following error: /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:837:in `getaddrinfo'': getnameinfo: Non-recoverable failure in name resolution (SocketError) It''s Rails 1.0 on OSX 10.4.4. Any suggestions?

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/.

For a table "clients" there are city, state, and zip fields. However, for some clients we only have a state with no actual address. The following code throws a "You have a nil object" error when outputting my client list. Is there a way around this, short of writing a specific case for each possibility? <%= client.city + '', '' + client.state +

In PHP, there was an argument you could pass to the Date function to get the number of days in the current month: echo date("t"); // Outputs "28" for February I don''t see anything like this in Ruby/Rails. Right now, I''m using a very ugly line to pull the last day of the month: @number_of_days = (Date.strptime(Date.today.strftime("%Y-%m-01"))

Hey, I am trying to get a select list with a selected value in it. Even if I put in an integer, like this, <%= select_tag(fruit.id, "<option>No Contract</option>" + options_from_collection_for_select(@fruit_types, "id", "kind", 3)) %> the list still displays the first option (No Contract) in the list. What am I doing wrong? I''ve looked

I have just started using RoR and am creating some select boxes on my form with the following code: <%= select_tag(options_from_collection_for_select(Owner.all, :id, :fname)) %> My problem is that it does NOT return the first record from the table, but just the second and succeeding records. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get the first record included in the select box? Thanks.

What am I doing wrong here: select_tag(''website_ids[]'', options_from_collection_for_select(Website.find_all, ''id'', ''name'', params[:website_ids]), {:multiple => true, :size => 5}) It works fine except that it does not display the selected options once the form is submitted (it submits to the same page). The

I''m trying to create a Select box using the following code: &lt;%= select ''project'', ''status'', { "Active" =&gt; "Active", "MD" =&gt; "MD",  "HOLD" =&gt; "HOLD", "Dead" =&gt; "Dead"   }  %&gt; You''d think the select box would keep them in

I have three tables, Invoices, Projects, and Managers. Each manager has many projects. Each project has many invoices. When displaying a list of the invoices, I am using: Invoice.find(:all, :include => [:project]) Since the list shows information from the project table. (For example, a table showing Invoice Date, Project Name). However, I''d also like to show the manager name.

A couple questions about file_field elements. First, with code such as this: <%= file_field ''attachments'', ''filename'' %> Would the filename of the file I select be the value that''s stored within the database under the "filename" column, and then I would just add in code in my "create" controller to upload the actual file?

Hi, Anybody know why :onchange works here... <%= select_tag "Minisections", options_from_collection_for_select(@minisections, :id, :title, :selected => @minisection.id), {:onChange => "{alert(''Minisection has been changed to x !'')}"} %> but NOT here (to call a function)... <script type="text/javascript"> function xyz() {

Hi everyone, I''m stuck on something that seems to be super easy, but maybe I''m just too tired to see the obvious answer. I''m trying to make a drop down with select_tag and options_from_collection_for_select. I''m trying to fill this drop down list with different human races (white, black, hispanic, etc. in the database under the name field, with a unique id

I must be missing something when it comes to the parameter differences between form FormOptionsHelper select and FormTagHelper select_tag. Code that follows, works perfectly - <%= f.select :unit, units_to_select(@product), :size=>"20"%> The following code, does not. The helper function never even seems to be called. <%= select_tag "unit",

Rails documentation gives examples of using option_groups_from_collection_for_select with two tables/objects. How could it be done with one? Example that almost works: I have a form to enter address from both the United States and Canada. It has the following: ====new.html.erb==== <%= select_tag( :state, option_groups_from_collection_for_select( State.countries, :country,