Map select value or other to same attribute

Rails
1

I want to map a select control and a text field to a single attribute,
where the
end user can either select an option, or select “other” and then fill in
the
text field. However, I want these values to map to the same underlying
attribute.

Any suggestions?

2

class MyClass

def before_save
if MyClass.select_box_value == ‘other’ and not
params[:text_field_other].empty?
MyClass.select_box_value = params[:other_selection]
end
end

end

This may not be totally accurate, but it’ll get you pointed in the right
direction.

NOTE: The text field will need to be output using text_field_tag or
hard-coded on the page. IT DOES NOT represent part of your ActiveRecord
class.

Cheers,

Bob S.

3

Thanks Bob! I’ll give that a try and see what I can do. Sometimes I just
get
lazy, or I want to understand “the rails way”, and like to toss these
issues out
to the community. Thanks for the
suggestion and I’ll get back with my success or questions shortly.