I have an edit form where the form elements are in a partial. Everything
but one select box is being populated by the database information. There
are actuall 2 select boxes on the page and the first one populated from
the database but the second doesn’t.
Here’s the code that doesn’t populate.
<%= select( ‘employee’, ‘priority’, { “1 - Top” => “1”, “2” => “2”, “3”
=> “3”, “4” => “4”, “5” => “5”}, :include_blank => true) %>
Here is the full form code
<%= error_messages_for ‘employee’ %>
Active
FalseTrue
First name
<%= text_field 'employee', 'first_name' %>
Last name
<%= text_field 'employee', 'last_name' %>
Department
<%= select( 'employee', 'department', { "Sales - New" => "new", "Sales -
Pre-Owned" => "preowned", "Sales - Internet" => "internet", "Finance" =>
"finance", "Service" => "service", "Parts" => "parts", "Body Shop" =>
"bodyshop"}, :include_blank => true) %>
Title
<%= text_field 'employee', 'title' %>
Main telephone
<%= text_field 'employee', 'main_telephone' %>
Direct telephone
<%= text_field 'employee', 'direct_telephone' %>
Email
<%= text_field 'employee', 'email' %>
Sorting Priority
<%= select( 'employee', 'priority', { "1 - Top" => "1", "2" => "2", "3"
=> "3", "4" => "4", "5" => "5"}, :include_blank => true) %>
About
<%= text_area 'employee', 'about' %>
Employee photo
<%= file_column_field 'employee', 'employee_photo' %>
The “priority” column updates just fine with the select box, it just
doesn’t populate from the db on load. The only difference between the
two select boxes on the page is the first is a varchar column while the
“priority” column is an integer.