Date_select

Rails
1

hi all,

i have a user object that includes a birthday datetime field.
when the user is created, he selects the date via the helper

datetime_select ‘user’, ‘birthday’

which works great. the date is saved to the database, and it works
great…but when i display the datetime_select helper after the user is
created, the correct date isn’t displayed - - the previous time is
selected.

how do i place the user’s birth-date as the selected date?

i tried

datetime_select ‘user’, ‘birthday’, :value => @session[‘user’].birthday

but that didn’t work…
what am i supposed to do?? i googled around, and couldn’t find any
answer…

any help, is much appreciated. thanks,

harp

2

how does rails automaticly choose the correct date to display, according
to the object, when using the date_select helper?

3

harp wrote:

selected.

how do i place the user’s birth-date as the selected date?

i tried

datetime_select ‘user’, ‘birthday’, :value => @session[‘user’].birthday

In your controller you’ve got to set @user = session[‘user’]

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<% @user = @session[‘user’] %>

datetime_select ‘user’, ‘birthday’, :value => @session[‘user’].birthday

it works! thanks!
isn’t there any way to assign it a value if i want to [not according to
the user object] ? something like :

date_select ‘user’, ‘birthday’, :selected => a_certain_date

?

anyhow, it seems to work now, so, thanks. . .

harp

5

harp wrote:

<% @user = @session[‘user’] %>

datetime_select ‘user’, ‘birthday’, :value => @session[‘user’].birthday

it works! thanks!
isn’t there any way to assign it a value if i want to [not according to
the user object] ? something like :

date_select ‘user’, ‘birthday’, :selected => a_certain_date

If you’re using date_select, change the displayed date by modifying the
attribute on the @user object. Use select_date if you instead wish to
select a date unrelated to an AR object.

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