Hi Truong, This question is appropriate for rubyonrails-talk not rubyonrails-core.
Core is for discussing development of the Rails framework itself. Cheers, Alan On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Truong Thanh Hai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello I just started messing around with RoR yesterday. I have a simple > little data entry app I'm learning on currently. I just set it up with the > scaffold command and then used rake to make the db for me. > > I have the fields all set up as "string" so they all by default from the > scaffold use this same text boxes in the new.html.erb file > Code: > > <% form_for(@beer) do |f| %> > <p> > <b>Name</b><br /> > > <%= f.text_field :name %> > </p> > > My question is what is the do |f| actually doing. What is |f| referring to? > Also how can I use a grouping of radio buttons to submit information as well > as a select box with set options? (I want to have a "yes", "no", and > "maybe") radio group for one of my fields and I want a select box with the > US States in it. > > I have looked up the form stuff and all i could get it to do was display a > radio button that did nothing when submitted. - I think this is probably my > lack of understanding of 'f.' > > I know it has to be a simple little thing and I look like a real noob for > asking - but hey, I am a noob! I'm really excited about learning more RoR as > I go on - its really fun so far. > > Thanks! > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" 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/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
