On 2 Jan 2009, at 08:04, Scott Kulik wrote:
>
> I have created the following select box which works fine except for
> the
> fact if you edit the item it defaults back to N/A instead of selecting
> the correct location.
>
> select_tag("item[location_id]", '<option value="">N/A</option>' +
> options_for_select(@locations.collect{|location| [location.name,
> location.id]}))
>
The (optional) last argument to options_for_select is the value to be
preselected (ie something like item.location_id)
Fred
> Ideally, I want to do something like this (which selects the correct
> value on edit):
>
> f.collection_select(:locations, @locations, :id, :name) %>
>
> but how can I add an extra blank option at the top like I did with
> select_tag?
>
> thanks!
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>
> >
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