Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: > the batman wrote: >> <%= f.label :type %> >> <%= f.select(:type, ["original","print","other"]) %> >> >> I have a photos model and added a drop-down list to the form, when the >> option is selected, the correct parameters are passed but it is not >> saved to the database. >> I've googled this and looked at the api but I'm not sure what I'm doing. >> In my photo model type is a string. >> >> Is string the wrong field type? or anything else wrong? > > Oh, disregard my earlier post. I just realized what's going on. Rails > reserves the field name "type" for STI purposes, and gets confused if > you try to use that name for an ordinary field. > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koser > http://www.marnen.org > [email protected]
I recently encountered this same problem. I simply changed the column to 'category' and solved the problem. Though, it took far too long for me to realise this. -- Posted via http://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.
