Newbie - populating select list from db

Rails
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Can’t seem to find an example of this anywhere - how do I populate a
select list in a form from a database?

I have a form to create a new task. The task is for a client, so there
should be a select list populated from my clients table. I thought this
would work:
<%= select ‘task’, ‘client_id’, Client.find_all, “id”, “name” %>

but I get this error:
undefined method `stringify_keys’ for “name”:String

Obviously I’m missing something…

And then is this going to work properly when I’m using the same form
partial to edit the task?

thx

2

Here is what I am using:

City
<%= select("search", "city", Provider.find_all.collect {|p| [ p.city, p.id ] }, { :include_blank => true }) %>

It populates the select with the city names but returns the city_id.

Nick C. wrote:

Can’t seem to find an example of this anywhere - how do I populate a
select list in a form from a database?

I have a form to create a new task. The task is for a client, so there
should be a select list populated from my clients table. I thought this
would work:
<%= select ‘task’, ‘client_id’, Client.find_all, “id”, “name” %>

but I get this error:
undefined method `stringify_keys’ for “name”:String

Obviously I’m missing something…

And then is this going to work properly when I’m using the same form
partial to edit the task?

thx

3

Kris wrote:

Here is what I am using:

City
<%= select("search", "city", Provider.find_all.collect {|p| [ p.city, p.id ] }, { :include_blank => true }) %>

It populates the select with the city names but returns the city_id.

Thanks. That works. Also found the form_helpers section in the Agile
Rails book, on p357. So I’ve ended up with:

<% @clients = Client.find(:all, :order => “name”).map {|c| [c.name,
c.id] } %>
<%= select ‘task’, ‘client_id’, @clients %>

4

Hi!

in the same problem with a select with some values from db:

the following select in test.rhtml:

<%= select(:listSetting, :code, @listSettings) %>

where

@listSettings = ListSetting.find(:all, :order => “code”).map {|u|
[u.code, u.id] }

i have an observer_field defined in test.rhml as below:

<%= observe_field(“listSetting_code”,
:update => “values_span”,
:url => {:action => :listSetting_code}
)
%>

which will observe the select object and run the code from
ListSetting_code method from controller.

the log after changing the select is as below:

Processing ListAdminController#listSetting_code (for 127.0.0.1 at
2006-03-22 14:39:17) [POST]
Parameters: {“action”=>“listSetting_code”,
“value”=>“listSetting_code”, “1”=>"", “controller”=>“list_admin”}

2 short n00b questions:

  1. what it means “1”=>"" in the log file?
  2. how do I get the value of option selected in controller method?

TIA.

Dan

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On 3/22/06, Nick C. [email protected] wrote:

Thanks. That works. Also found the form_helpers section in the Agile
Rails book, on p357. So I’ve ended up with:

<% @clients = Client.find(:all, :order => “name”).map {|c| [c.name,
c.id] } %>
<%= select ‘task’, ‘client_id’, @clients %>

Taking it one small step further, I like to put this code into helpers.

Helper code:

def all_clients
Client.find(:all, :order => “name”).map {|c| [c.name, c.id] }
end

View:
<%= select ‘task’, ‘client_id’, all_clients %>

– James