# Select\_tag and :include\_blank =\> true not working

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-tag-and-include-blank-true-not-working/58232>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 19, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-tag-and-include-blank-true-not-working/58232 "2006-04-19T21:09:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sweetpete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@sweetpete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sweetpete)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-tag-and-include-blank-true-not-working/58232/1 "2006-04-19T21:09:07Z")

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Guys,

I’m using select\_tag to display a non-model dropdown, which works fine.  
However, I’ve tried every which way to use the :include\_blank =\> true  
option, but it simply won’t display a blank value. Using :include\_blank  
=\> true with select on model fields works fine.

Can someone please show me a working example?

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**Author:** ![sweetpete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@sweetpete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sweetpete)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-tag-and-include-blank-true-not-working/58232/2 "2006-04-19T22:48:16Z")

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well, there is no such an attribute for select\_tag

you can simply add blank row to the list of values that you produce

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**Author:** ![sweetpete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@sweetpete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sweetpete)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-tag-and-include-blank-true-not-working/58232/3 "2006-04-20T14:33:05Z")

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Emin,

Thanks for the info. I did a little more research and came to the same  
conclusion.