a. Get your DB Access out of the views...
b. Read The Fine Manual on collection_select
c. Controller:
@vendors = TableName.find(:all).uniq or some variant thereof
With a lot of records, you might want to use a find_by_sql and let the
DB do the work with a "SELECT DISTINCT..."
d. View:
<%= collection_select("model_to_populate", "column_to_populate",
@vendors, "id", "vendor_name_field") %>
--
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 rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
