Thanks for the reply, but that doesn't work either. It recognizes the
blank string as false.


On Jan 2, 2:13 am, Brijesh Shah <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Eric Marthinsen wrote:
> > Hello-
>
> > I'm trying to use a select list for a boolean field in my model. I
> > want there to be three values in the list: nil, true, and false. Here
> > are the snippets of code I have so far:
>
> > <%= f.select :yes_to_terms, [['Yes', true], ['No',
> > false]], :include_blank => '--select one-- %>
>
> > The problem I'm running into is that if someone selects '--select
> > one--' in the drop-down and submits the form, my app interprets the '--
> > select one--' as false (it's values is an empty string in the html).
>
> > I tried changing the list of options to this:
>
> > [['--select one--', nil], ['Yes', true], ['No', false]]
>
> > But that didn't work either. Does anyone have any ideas? Also, I can't
> > use a checkbox for this app, since I need to know whether the value is
> > true, false, or unknown.
>
> > Regards,
> > Eric
>
> Hi
> Try this one
> [['--select one--', ''], ['Yes', true], ['No', false]]
> might be you will get value nil when user select 'select one'
> Thanks
> Brijesh Shah
>
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