Thanks guys. I will look more into partials and also try to move my find into the controller. I appreciate the help!
On Aug 22, 6:28 pm, "Simon Macneall" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Have a look at partials. That's where you can call the same snippet of > render code from several views. Also, best practice seems to indicate you > should put the find in the controller, not in the view. > > Cheers > Simon > > On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:10:45 +0800, [email protected] > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am very new to RoR (this is my second day). I have started my first > > application, and want to follow best practices as much as possible. I > > created a select box that lists all the items in a table column on a > > new.html.erb page. I then realized I needed to create one on the edit > > page. I want to use this select box on several other pages as well. > > > Trying to keep with D.R.Y. I am wondering if there is a better way to > > do this, instead of putting this statement on every page. > > > <%= select("note", "project_id", Project.find(:all).collect {|p| > > [p.name, p.id]}) %> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
