I don't think you're missing anything. If all you're trying to do is constrain a value to a finite number of choices, then what you're describing will work fine.
The SO responses appear to be describing a scenario where your select options are dynamically created by user input. If that isn't your scenario, then it's probably overkill. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/cb0b43d7b639ca72d934dc886c3db4c6%40ruby-forum.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
