# Retrieving value from select

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/retrieving-value-from-select/52773>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 19, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/retrieving-value-from-select/52773 "2006-01-19T00:15:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![snowbird122](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@snowbird122](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snowbird122)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/retrieving-value-from-select/52773/1 "2006-01-19T00:15:40Z")

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In my view, I have:  
\<%= select(“division\_filter”, “division\_id”, Division.find\_all.collect  
{|p| [p.division, p.id] }, { :include\_blank =\> true }) %\>

How do I retrieve the division\_id in my controller?

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**Author:** ![snowbird122](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@snowbird122](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snowbird122)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/retrieving-value-from-select/52773/2 "2006-01-19T00:34:55Z")

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FYI, here is the HTML generated by the above:

 Division1Name Division2Name Division3Name Division4Name

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**Author:** ![snowbird122](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@snowbird122](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snowbird122)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/retrieving-value-from-select/52773/3 "2006-01-19T01:24:23Z")

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On 1/18/06, Eric M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> FYI, here is the HTML generated by the above:
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> Division1Name Division2Name Division3Name Division4Name

In your controller,  
params[:division\_filter][:division\_id]  
will contain the selected value.

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**Author:** ![snowbird122](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@snowbird122](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snowbird122)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/retrieving-value-from-select/52773/4 "2006-01-19T04:52:02Z")

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Thank you very much.