# Correct way to capture a select param **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 28, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/correct-way-to-capture-a-select-param/89435 "2006-03-28T21:50:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BBBBBB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@BBBBBB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BBBBBB)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/correct-way-to-capture-a-select-param/89435/1 "2006-03-28T21:50:12Z")
I’m having trouble capturing the params from a select type form. For text field like this: \<%= text\_field\_tag :courseid %\> I’m able to capture the posted value with this params[:courseid] However with a select field like this: \<%= select(:course, :id, %w{value1 value2 value3} %\> I’m not sure how to capture the posted value. ---
**Author:** ![BBBBBB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@BBBBBB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BBBBBB)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/correct-way-to-capture-a-select-param/89435/2 "2006-03-28T23:07:47Z")
I did a “sudo gem install rails --source [http://gems.rubyonrails.org](http://gems.rubyonrails.org)” to get the latest version, before trying a freeze\_edge on my app. Running on OSX 10.4.5. There appears to be problem with lighttpd.conf. What should CWD’s value be? [tachyon][~/Rails/test11]$ script/server webrick =\> Booting WEBrick… =\> Rails application started on [http://0.0.0.0:3000](http://0.0.0.0:3000) =\> Ctrl-C to shutdown server; call with --help for options [2006-03-28 15:22:21] INFO WEBrick 1.3.1 [2006-03-28 15:22:21] INFO ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [powerpc- darwin8.3.0] [2006-03-28 15:22:21] INFO WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=7945 port=3000 ^C[2006-03-28 15:22:27] INFO going to shutdown … [2006-03-28 15:22:27] INFO WEBrick::HTTPServer#start done. [tachyon][~/Rails/test11]$ script/server =\> Booting lighttpd (use ‘script/server webrick’ to force WEBrick) =\> Rails application started on [http://0.0.0.0:3000](http://0.0.0.0:3000) =\> Call with -d to detach =\> Ctrl-C to shutdown server (see config/lighttpd.conf for options) Undefined config variable: var.CWD 2006-03-28 15:22:36: (configfile.c.800) source: config/lighttpd.conf line: 8 pos: 43 parser failed somehow near here: + Exiting Cheers, Paul ---
**Author:** ![BBBBBB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@BBBBBB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BBBBBB)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/correct-way-to-capture-a-select-param/89435/3 "2006-03-28T23:37:35Z")
What version of Light? needs to be 1.4.10 or above I believe. ~ Ben On 3/28/06, Paul M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > =\> Ctrl-C to shutdown server; call with --help for options > =\> Rails application started on [http://0.0.0.0:3000](http://0.0.0.0:3000) > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) – Ben R. [http://www.benr75.com](http://www.benr75.com) ---
**Author:** ![BBBBBB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@BBBBBB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BBBBBB)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/correct-way-to-capture-a-select-param/89435/4 "2006-03-28T23:59:46Z")
Paul M. wrote: > I did a “sudo gem install rails --source [http://gems.rubyonrails.org](http://gems.rubyonrails.org)” to > get the latest version, before trying a freeze\_edge on my app. Running > on OSX 10.4.5. > > There appears to be problem with lighttpd.conf. What should CWD’s value be? Per [http://clarkware.com/cgi/blosxom/2006/03/28#Rails11](http://clarkware.com/cgi/blosxom/2006/03/28#Rails11) You need to be running lighttpd 1.4.11. Ray ---
**Author:** ![BBBBBB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@BBBBBB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BBBBBB)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/correct-way-to-capture-a-select-param/89435/5 "2006-03-29T00:00:35Z")
Did a “rake freeze\_edge” on my app followed by “rake rails:update”, then get this error. Installed in my app are "Engines, “LoginEngine”, “UserEngine” and “Userstamp”. =\> Booting WEBrick… ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active\_support/ inflector.rb:125:in `underscore': stack level too deep (SystemStackError) from ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/ active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb:29:in`underscore’ from ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:84:in `const_missing' from ./script/../config/../vendor/plugins/engines/lib/ dependencies_extensions.rb:28:in`require\_or\_load’ from ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:30:in `depend_on' from ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:74:in`require\_dependency’ from ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:87:in `const_missing' from ./script/../config/../vendor/plugins/engines/lib/ dependencies_extensions.rb:28:in`require\_or\_load’ from ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:30:in `depend_on' ... 1322 levels... from ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/railties/lib/ commands/servers/webrick.rb:52 from ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:136:in`require’ from ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/railties/lib/ commands/server.rb:30 from script/server:3 Cheers, Paul ---
**Author:** ![BBBBBB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@BBBBBB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BBBBBB)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/correct-way-to-capture-a-select-param/89435/6 "2006-03-29T00:18:09Z")
I ran into this problem when I was doing some testing on Rails Edge. You will need to updates Rails Engines, I believe they just released a version today that supports rails 1.1 * * * What’s an Intel chip doing in a Mac? A whole lor more that it’s ever done in a PC. My Digital Life - [http://scottwalter.com/blog](http://scottwalter.com/blog) Pro:Blog - [http://scottwalter.com/problog](http://scottwalter.com/problog) ----- Original Message ---- From: Paul M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) To: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 3:47:42 PM Subject: [Rails] Rails 1.1 on OSX 10.4.5 startup error Did a “rake freeze\_edge” on my app followed by “rake rails:update”, then get this error. Installed in my app are "Engines, “LoginEngine”, “UserEngine” and “Userstamp”. =\> Booting WEBrick… ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active\_support/ inflector.rb:125:in `underscore': stack level too deep (SystemStackError) from ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/ active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb:29:in `underscore’ from ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:84:in `const_missing' from ./script/../config/../vendor/plugins/engines/lib/ dependencies_extensions.rb:28:in `require\_or\_load’ from ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:30:in `depend_on' from ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:74:in `require\_dependency’ from ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:87:in `const_missing' from ./script/../config/../vendor/plugins/engines/lib/ dependencies_extensions.rb:28:in `require\_or\_load’ from ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:30:in `depend_on' ... 1322 levels... from ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/railties/lib/ commands/servers/webrick.rb:52 from ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:136:in `require’ from ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/railties/lib/ commands/server.rb:30 from script/server:3 Cheers, Paul ---
**Author:** ![BBBBBB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@BBBBBB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BBBBBB)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/correct-way-to-capture-a-select-param/89435/7 "2006-03-29T00:02:58Z")
I believe that params[:course][:id] will get you there. HTH, Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: “BB” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) To: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Sent: 2006-03-28 1:50 PM Subject: [Rails] Correct way to capture a select param ---
**Author:** ![BBBBBB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@BBBBBB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BBBBBB)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/correct-way-to-capture-a-select-param/89435/8 "2006-03-29T00:20:47Z")
Installed 1.4.11. That fixed things. Thanks. Paul ---
**Author:** ![BBBBBB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@BBBBBB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BBBBBB)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/correct-way-to-capture-a-select-param/89435/9 "2006-03-29T00:30:44Z")
Thank you bill, worked like I always hoped it would Bill W. wrote: > I believe that params[:course][:id] will get you there. > > HTH, > Bill > ----- Original Message ----- > From: “BB” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > To: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > Sent: 2006-03-28 1:50 PM > Subject: [Rails] Correct way to capture a select param