Thanks for the help. Honestly, I looked at so many code samples that they're all starting to blur together. I'll try it again -- it helps knowing that it's supposed to work 'as is'.
Cheers! Paul --- On Wed, 8/19/09, Kerry Foley <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Kerry Foley <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Yet another question on dynamic selects > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 5:32 PM > > It sounds like your column name is incorrect. You didn't > paste you're > code so I can't say for sure. You should be doing something > like > config.columns[:project_type].form_ui = :select > #belongs_to > or > config.columns[:regions].form_ui = > :select #has_many > it shouldn't be "_id" - it's the association name, not the > column name. > > There are examples on the wiki e.g Getting Started; > http://wiki.github.com/activescaffold/active_scaffold > > You don't need to build the select. > > I think there's a more or less complete set of controller, > model and > helper code for what you are trying to do in the thread > previously sent. > > http://groups.google.com/group/activescaffold/browse_thread/thread/2ae130edb1d0e2d2 > > > Regards, > Kerry > > > Me wrote: > > Bare with me here. I'm a little slow. So I tried > the code, and I get: > > > > You have a nil object when you didn't expect it! > > The error occurred while evaluating nil.form_ui= > > > > Is there enough smarts built-in to populate the select > boxes? Or do I > > need something like: > > > > a= Author.find(:all).collect { |a| a.name } > > > > If that kind of code is required, do I put that in the > helper form > > override? Any chance I can see one complete > example that works? I've > > been banging my head on this for a while. When I > Google, I just come > > across more people that have been banging there heads > on this. > > > > Thanks! Paul > > > > On Aug 19, 1:58 pm, Kerry Foley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> http://groups.google.com/group/activescaffold/browse_thread/thread/2a... > >> > >> Regards, > >> Kerry > >> > >> Me wrote: > >> > >>> Greetings! First post. > >>> > >>> I've been greping the web for an AS example of > populating a parent > >>> select box, and then dynamically changing a > child select box through > >>> an "onchange" event. I've seen the > observer approach, but not with > >>> AS. Is there support for such a thing? > >>> > >>> I found this thread where this same question > was asked. > >>> > >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00108.... > >>> > >>> The poor guy got a rather prickly > response. He eventually posted his > >>> solution in the last msg of the thread. > Unfortunately, I can't get > >>> that solution to work. The example [in > plain English] was, "Surveys > >>> have many survey_questions and surveys > have_many survey_options." If > >>> options are meant to be answers to questions, > then it should be > >>> "Surveys have many questions. Questions > have many options [multiple > >>> choice]." That would be three > levels. I tried looking at the > >>> survey_options table as some type of join with > both foreign keys > >>> [survey_id, survey_question_id]. If that > were the case, then survey > >>> "has many questions through > survey_options." That wasn't listed in > >>> the example. Clearly, I'm confused > somewhere. > >>> > >>> I would appreciate it if someone could explain > the example referenced > >>> in the last message of the thread linked to > above. Alternatively. I > >>> would appreciate a clear example of this > pattern. I think that this > >>> is a common situation where some documentation > would benefit many > >>> people. > >>> > >>> Thanks! Paul > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ActiveScaffold : Ruby on Rails plugin" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/activescaffold?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
