This page has the api docs for form_ui and the :select option.
http://wiki.github.com/activescaffold/active_scaffold/api-column

Regards,
Kerry

Paul Hamann wrote:
> 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
>>>>>        
>>>>>           
>>>    
>>>       
>>     
>
> >
>
>   


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