If you know the states name, then you automatically know the capitals name, dont you? So then it wouldnt be necessary to submit the capital name as a hidden field, as you can retrieve it through the state object. Or am I missunderstanding something?
On Apr 19, 3:40 pm, Ze Ca <[email protected]> wrote: > Colin Law wrote: > > On 19 April 2010 08:10, Ze Ca <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In my form I have a select menu for US States. I would like to include > >> the capitals of those states as a hidden parameter when passed to the > >> model. Of course, the capital should match the state chosen. > > > I don't understand exactly what you are trying to do, here you say you > > want to pass this information to the model (did you mean controller). > > What has this got to do with a hidden field on the form. > > >> I know I can set a attr_accessor :state_capitals in the model, or even > >> make a migration to update the table and add the column, but I'm having > >> some trouble creating this in the view. Is it ok for the view to have > >> some logic in this case? > > > Again I am unclear where this information is coming from and what you > > are trying to do with it. Perhaps you could explain in a little more > > detail what you are trying to accomplish. > > > Colin > > Colin, > > Thank you for your reply. Yes, passing the information to the controller > is what I meant (sorry about that!). This is just a toy project where > I'd like to use the extra parameters (based on what the user enters) to > "spit out" more information in the view. For example, If the user choses > New York as their state and clicks submit, the resulting "show" view > shows the user other information about the state they chose from the > selector list (such as the capital). > > Thanks! > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- 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.
