PRiyanka and sameera: Thank you both very much!!! I've been pulling my hair out for about a week with this thing.
I didn't realize that the first argument of the select_tag function apparently identifies the target of the selected item in the format "table_name[column_name]". Now that you've given me this solution, I have to try to implement what seems to me to by the more proper architecture for the Expense/ Vendor relationship, namely have the drop-down populate a hidden text field (representing a expense-table column "vendor_id") and have the vendor name displayed in the expense page but be merely non-editable data not stored in the database. Probably a "has" clause would come into play here. I'm going to take a stab at this, run into a blank wall again, and finally post a more thoughtfully worded question. Best wishes, Richard On Apr 12, 2:11 am, Priyanka Pathak <[email protected]> wrote: > RichardOnRails wrote: > > In app\views\expenses\new.html.erb, I (mistakenly) replaced the > > script/generated: > > <%= f.label :vendor %><br /> > > <%= f.text_field :vendor %> > > with: > > <%= f.label :vendor %><br /> > > <% @current_vendors = Vendor.find(:all, :order=>"nickname") %> > > <%= select_tag "list", options_for_select(@current_vendors) %> > > > This (if I haven't introduced any typos here) works fine, except that > > the user-selection doesn't really populate the database's vendors > > column in the expense record. > > > How do I repair this situation? I'd like to restore the the original > > text field and somehow populate it with the user-selected value from > > the select control. > > Hi, > try this <%= select_tag "expense_vendor", > options_for_select(@current_vendors) %>. > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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.
