Anthony Gardner wrote:
> I'm trying to get a multi select box working with fields_for but am
> having a
> few problems.
>
> My view has ....
>
> <% form_for(@teacher) do |f| %>
> <%= f.label :surname %>
> <%= f.text_field :surname %>
>
> <% f.fields_for :qualifications do |qual_form| %>
> Qualifications: <%= qual_form.select( :id, @qualifications) %>
> <% end %>
>
> <%= f.submit %>
> <% end %>
>
> Which produces (for the fields_for) ......
>
> <select id="teacher_qualifications_attributes_0_id"
> name="teacher[qualifications_attributes][0][id]">
> <option value="5">Licence</option>
> <option value="1">NPLQ</option>
> <option value="3">Teacher's Level One</option>
> <option value="4">Teacher's Level Two</option>
> <option value="2">Teacher's Rescue Test</option>
> </select>
[...]
> but what I think I really want is a multi select box with the submitted
> data
> looking something like ......
> "teacher"=>{"qualifications_attributes"=>{"id"=>["2","3","4"]}},
> "surname"=>""}}
>
> Could somebody putme out of my misery, please?
Do you know how to make a multiple select in HTML? You just use <select
multiple="multiple">. So in Rails, you'd put :multiple => true in the
html_options for your select helper. Simple.
Best,
--
Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
[email protected]
>
> TIA
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