similar to: selecting from dynamic pop-up list populated by a table

Have 2 tables - clients & case_managers class Client < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :case_manager end app/views/clients/_form.html contains line... <p><% collection_select("client", "case_manager_id", \ case_manager.find_all, "name", "id") %></p> and this line generates error... undefined local variable or method

placement.rb has_one :client has_one :case_manager client.rb belongs_to :case_manager has_many :placements case_manager.rb has_many :clients has_many :placements I am trying to create a view file for placements. I can pull columns from clients table in this view by using... <%= @placement.client.wholename %> but if I use <% @placement.case_manager.wholename %>

have placements, clients and case_managers tables with relationships Trying to create new placement record...case_manager_id field exists in clients table. I need the value from related clients record in placements table in placements_controller.rb def create @placement = Placment.new(params[:placement]) case_manager_id = Client.case_manager_id # this doesn''t work if

I have reached a development plateau and now want to integrate some of the rails niceties that I passed over to get the system online. I am fooling with migrations. I am using postgresql. I put in my migration script (at the end of the ''up'' method, the following raw sql code... # set up primary key restratints for PostgreSQL execute ''ALTER TABLE ONLY

I have been working on this for 3 days and haven''t been able to solve it. I have 2 tables... clients belongs_to: case_managers case_managers has_many: clients When entering new clients, I need to have some type of select box that allows me to pick the case_manager (by name) so that the ''id'' field from the case_manager table is inserted into clients.case_manager_id

I have a form...2 tables and using auto_complete table clients id case_manager_id foreign key case_manager_id to case_manager(id) table case_manager id name my app/views/clients/_form.rhtml includes which works (finally!) <%= text_area_auto_complete_for :case_manager :name %> and now in clients_controller.rb def create @client = Client.new(params[:client]) I need to add a line to

I would like to see the output of actionview helper methods, to be able to play with it. When I do the following in the console: collection_select("job", "client_id" , @clients, "id", "name") I get: NoMethodError: undefined method `collection_select'' for #<Object:0xb7cf1970> I''d like to get something like: <select

I''m trying to assign a parent foreign key value using collection_select from my child "new" form. The problem I''m having is if I do not make a selection, I get the following error instead of the Rails validates_presence_of error: You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it! You might have expected an instance of Array. The error occurred while evaluating

Agile book lacks some basic information, perhaps I need to learn ruby as I am lacking information - some basic things - especially debugging. The following are stupid newbie questions and any portion of them answered would be great. 1. If I am viewing a page from app/views/clients/ and on this page, I want to put a ''link_to'' directive to say app/views/case_managers... how do I

I would like to add javascript ''onChange'' event handling for a select field, such as <%= collection_select("job", "client_id" , @clients, "id", "name") %> with onChange="xxx" Anyone know how to make this work? Thank you, Scott -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I''ve been trying to sort out a multiple select dropdown but haven''t found any good examples - anyone know of any or perhaps could make a suggestion [see below] Model: 1. Task AR has_many users 2. User AR belongs_to task login/password attributes Controller: View: <%= collection_select("task", "users" , @users, "id", "login", {},

How do I specify which option should be initially selected when using the collection_select command? I''ve tried: collection_select(:selectionfilter, :producer_id, Producer.find(:all), :id, :name, {:include_blank => true, :selected_value => @initial_selection}) However it doesn''t return the desired results (the option with the value of @initial_selection selected).

Hi, I can do this : collection_select "state", :id, TrainingState.find_all,:id,:name but not this : collection_select "state[]", :id, TrainingState.find_all,:id,:name Anyone any idea why? Is there something about collection_select that does not allow collections? Thanks Chris -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Can''t seem to find an example of this anywhere - how do I populate a select list in a form from a database? I have a form to create a new task. The task is for a client, so there should be a select list populated from my clients table. I thought this would work: <%= select ''task'', ''client_id'', Client.find_all, "id", "name"

I am trying to use auto_complete_for to reference a different table. in my clients_controller.rb file auto_complete_for :case_manager :case_manager.name ^^^^^^^^^^^^ this is not the clients table my models/clients.rb has: has_one: case_manager The above ''auto_complete_for'' line in clients_controller.rb

Hi: I''m looking to get a point clarified which i''m sure is obvious to everyone else but I haven''t been able to find the answer to. i''ve tried searching through the forums and the api pages and haven''t found anything. Is there a way with migrations to set up foregin key relationships? (beyond putting in the relevant foregin_id attributes) Is

Hi all. I am trying to populate a dropdown based on two values. def self.clientref( reference ) @bugclientrefs = self.find_all(["bug_id = ?", reference]).collect {|b| [ b.client_id.strip << " - " << b.client_ref.strip ]} end This works fine. However this returns the reference to the client. I want the full name using this function. class Bugclient <

I''m lost on regular expressions to begin with... I''m trying to fix a value to one of 4 radio buttons as there will be value of either 1,2,3 or 4 in @roles_users... <TD><input type="radio" id="roles" name="case_managers[case_manager_name]" value="Case Manager Admin" <% if =~ @roles_users /1/ checked =

Hi, I''m trying to create a dropdown using collection_select. However, I cant seem to get it to select the right option by default. In my controller I have a setup like this: @content = Content.new @content.selection_id = 3 @selections = Selection.find(:all) In my view I have: <% form_for :content, @content, :url => { :action => ''create'' } do |f| %>

because I am a grasshopper... Now that I can sort my ''list''...is there a logical way of not repeating myself to having essentially the same list view with multiple sorts? i.e. def list_cl # ordered by clients last name @placement_pages, @placements = paginate( :placements, :include => [:client], :order_by =>