Rails 2.3.5/Ruby1.8.7 Collection_Select Labels with ampersands "&"

Rails
1

I am having an annoying problem displaying the labels of a select box
correctly where there is an ampersand contained within the label
string.

On a form being rendered with the form_for helper the
collection_select reads data from a Mysql 5.075 database the text
stored in the database is “Surabaya & Surrounding Areas” when rendered
and displayed in firefox 3.6 or safari is is displaying as “Surabaya
%amp; Surrounding Areas”.

The code used to render the select is as follows:

<%= f.collection_select :parent_id, Destination.roots, :id, :name,
{:include_blank => true} %>

I have tried adding a h(:name) and also storing && in the database but
it still will not display the ampersand correctly. Have searched on
google for what I thought would be a simple solution but cant find
anything that solves this.

If anyone has a solution it will be much appreciated.

many thanks,

David

2

You can try to change “Surabaya & Surrounding Areas” in your database to
“Surabaya & Surrounding Areas”

Best Regards,
Boby Ertanto

3

Boby,

tried that earlier and that produced “Surabaya &amp; Surrounding
Areas”.

It looks like I might have to write a custom helper method or hack the
form_for helper method, which I was hoping to avoid.

If you or another reader has a better way your feedback would be much
appreciated.

Thx anyway for your suggestion.

David

4

Problem solved after debugging further realized my select option
values were being created in Javascript from an erb file, the problem
was created by using <%= %> instead of <%- %> when creating the
javascript to send to the client. Learning something new everyday!