Hi --

On Wed, 21 Jan 2009, flaubert wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
>
> well I have this helper in my form, but it isn't DRY, as you see:
>
> <%= f.text_field(:birth_date, :size => '10', :maxlength =>
> '10', :class => "format-d-m-y divider-slash split-date", :value =>
> (@person.birth_date.nil? ? '': @person.birth_date)) %>
>
> so, @person and :birth_date must be dymamic in a helper.

What does your form_for line look like? If you've got:

   form_for :person ... do |f|
     f.text_field(:birth_date)

(or some small variations on that) you'll get @person.birth_date in
the field automatically.


David

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