The weird thing is that it is working now with
f.collection_select :category_id, Category.all, :id, :header instead
of f.collection_select :category_id, Category.all, :id, :header,
{}, :multiple => falseso :multiple => false seems to be the problem. But why? Is this a bug? Again, many thanks, Craig On Sep 25, 2:54 pm, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/9/25 Dudebot <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > > > Thanks again, Colin--in item.rb: > > > belongs_to :category > > > And in category.rb: > > > has_many :items > > > Item has a field category_id which I intended to populate with the > > links from an item to its category. The field header in the category > > db is where the name of the category is. > > > Am I setting it up wrong then to have: > > > <%= f.collection_select :category_id, Category.all, :id, :header, > > {}, :multiple => false %> > > > in the form? It does show up as a drop down box with the names > > populated in it. > > That should be fine as far as I can see, though I don't understand the > extra [] in the html you showed. One question, you said that it is > not saving the new category id value, are you sure that it is not > saving it, or is it possibly just not displaying it when you come > round next time. Have a look in the db to see. > > Another question, in an earlier post you showed the record being saved > by update_attributes, what are you doing if that fails? In other > words is the save succeeding? > > I am getting to the point where I don't know what is happening I am afraid. > > Colin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
