similar to: problem with options_for_select

How do I show the selected values in options_for_select? I have a Service model and a AccessControl model. When a user edits a Service I want the services access_controls to be pre-selected. Models: Service has_many AccessControls AccessControl belongs_to Service application.rb: $types = Array["Athens", "htpasswd", "IP", "None", "Other",

Hello Everyone I have a select_tag which I populate using a map, I use options_for_select method to pass the map and "selected" value. For some reason I can not get the option "selected" based on the value I pass to the selected attribute. Here is the code <%= select_tag :current_course, options_for_select( Course.find(:all).map {|p| [p.title,p.id]}, @selected )

Ok, this should be simple but I am finding it''s not and previous postings don''t seem to shed too much light on this. I have a select_tag with 4 values pulled in via a helper: def filter_hours filter_hours = [ ["1 hour", 1], ["24 hours", 24], ["7 days", 168], ["14 days", 336], ] end The select_tag looks

I have a select_tag in my view that uses options_for_select with multiple = true. I am having trouble figuring out the Rails way to create and update that field. Please help. Models: ------------- Service has_many AccessControl AccessControl belongs_to Service application.rb ------------------------- $types = Array["Athens", "htpasswd", "IP", "None",

I have a field in a view, like so: <%= select_tag(''quoted_condition'', options_for_select([''NEW'',''RETAIL'',''OEM'',''REFURB''], ''NEW'')) %> This sets the ''selected'' value to ''NEW'' - however, I would like to have a nil value here, so I can

<b>Client</b><br /> <%= select_tag ''clients[]'', options_for_select( [['' '',''1''], [''aaaa'',''2''],

Even reading the documentation I can not figure out what is the select_tag difference between this: <% = select_tag (bags [], "options_for_select (bags.collect @ {| bb | [bb.bag_type, bb.id]}, ruser.bags.collect @ {| ub | ub.id}), {: multiple => true,: id => "bags"})%> and this: <% = select_tag "bags [], " options_for_select (bags.collect @ {| bb

With a hash such as: stuff = {''1''=>''desc 1'', ''2''=>''desc 2'', ''3''=>''desc 3''} options_for_select(stuff) will output: <option id="desc 1">1</option> <option id="desc 2">2</option> <option id="desc 3">3</option>

Hi, <%= select_tag ''image_id'', options_for_select(Image.find(:all) {| an_image| [ an_image.name, an_image.id ] }), :multiple => true %></p> * I am in a view, and I am trying to search the image table and make a multiple select box with each image''s name. * Right now it is working, but I see this: ---------------------------------------------

Hi, I have a problem with the form select. In the value field I have the generated html... <%= f.select :brand_id, options_for_select([[''Brands'', 0]] + @search_brands.map { |b| [b.name, b.id]}), {:id => ''cbxBrand'', :tabindex => (@tabindex += 1)} %> This is the html: <select name="search[brand_id]"

Hi, i''m not sure if this is possible using erb (at the very least, I can''t figure it out by googling or via searching this board), so here goes... i''m using erb to make a select box with several hundred <option> values it looks something like this: <%= select_tag ''controls'', options_for_select(@controls.map {|cpd|

I am ''trying'' to use ''options_for_select'' <select name="selected_distance" id="selected_distance" style="width:8%;"> <%= options_for_select(["2", "5", "10", "15", "25" ], @selected_distance ) %> </select> which generates the html.... <select

I have an ADD form with foreign key field values selectable via select list ( collection_select (...)). When I add validates_presence_of :someotherfield to my model for error trapping, I get the following error for each droplist: NoMethodError in Reviews#create_curriculum Showing /reviews/_form.rhtml where line #16 raised: undefined method `inject'' for nil:NilClass Extracted source

#Controller cookies[:state] = state if state != nil and state.to_i != -1 conditions << ''stateid = ?'' cond_args << state cookies[:state] = state end if !cookies[:state].blank? @default_state = cookies[:state] else @default_state = "" end # view - html

I''m trying to get my animal app to let users populate info about each animal. The code below partially works. It shows the drop down menu, and it shows the names of what I wanted it to be the names of the Databases. I don''t know how to make it work so it shows the name dog and than you hit submit and it appears in the dog view. When I hit submit it just makes a new view under the

Hi! If i have something like this used to create select tag: options = [["Dollar", "$"], ["Kroner", "DKK"]] and later read value from the database and get "DKK", what is the easiest way to get "Kroner" value? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi, I would like my model instance to produce it''s own list of options for a form select. This is from a product model that has_many variations def alts_for_select(current_id) the_map = variations.map{|v| [v.name, v.id]} options_for_select(the_map, current_id) end the model cannot see the options_for_select method I tried to use

It cannot be this difficult, especially in rails. Here is my form code in a partial for the index action of a controller: <% form_tag({:controller => controller_name, :action => ''index''}, {:method => :get, :class => ''form''}) do %> <div class="columns"> <div class="column left"> <p>

OK, thanks to Kelly I got my options_for_select in a select_tag helper method to use a Ruby range as a value. Now when the user makes a selection from that list, I can''t figure out why the result doesn''t get stored in the database. The line in the _form looks like this: <%= select_tag(:month, options_for_select((0..12).to_a)) %> Pops up an option menu.

Dears, Remembering last value in a select box don''t work for me as : Controller : @years=(1970..2005).to_a Form: <%= select_tag "year", options_for_select( (2001..2005).to_a, @params[:year] ) %> I had to write <%= select_tag "year", options_for_select( (2001..2005).to_a, @params[:year].to_i ) %> for it works. Not important, but I''m