# Parameters passing of select\_tag

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parameters-passing-of-select-tag/187364>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 22, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parameters-passing-of-select-tag/187364 "2010-04-22T06:35:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tiwaripk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@tiwaripk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tiwaripk)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parameters-passing-of-select-tag/187364/1 "2010-04-22T06:35:23Z")

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I wish to have an option in my application where user can select a  
value from Combo Box shown in a page and on clicking of button this is  
passed as parameters to another controller. There will be 4 combo  
boxes on the selection page. I am using select\_tag to populate data  
from database

Something like

Town \<%= select\_tag(:town, “-Select a Town” +  
options\_from\_collection\_for\_select(@towns, :NAME, :NAME)) %\>

Can you please suggest what is the method to do it ?  
I am not able to find some clear guidelines for the same, I am new to  
web development so maybe I am searching at wrong place.

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**Author:** ![tiwaripk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@tiwaripk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tiwaripk)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 8:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parameters-passing-of-select-tag/187364/2 "2010-04-22T08:45:20Z")

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Thanks,  
I had to place everything in form\_tag and everything else worked fine.  
Now I have all values in Parameters list

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**Author:** ![tiwaripk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@tiwaripk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tiwaripk)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 7:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parameters-passing-of-select-tag/187364/3 "2010-04-22T07:36:15Z")

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how about the rails api doc ?

2010/4/22 Prashant [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):