Selecting a default value in select helper method

Rails
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How do I select a default value in a blank form when using select vs
select_tag?

For example, I have a collection of states and I want the local state
to be automatically selected when filling out the form.

Am I stuck with using select_tag and options_for_select?

Thanks.

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In ur new action initialize that attribute to whatever value u wish.
Check the docs it may have an option to set a default value.

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On Jan 19, 1:02 pm, Bcp [email protected] wrote:

In ur new action initialize that attribute to whatever value u wish.
Check the docs it may have an option to set a default value.

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On Jan 18, 2008, at 5:05 PM, partydrone [email protected] wrote:

Hi,

Even when this value is set in the action, first element in the select
list is populated by default when the html is rendered.

Regards,
HAK

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partydrone wrote:

How do I select a default value in a blank form when using select vs
select_tag?

select is designed to choose a particular value for an attribute of an
object. The call is:

select object, method, choices, options, html_options

The given method on the given object is called and the item from the
choices that matches (if any) will be selected.

If this is for a create form, then set the new object’s attribute to the
initial default you want in your method:

def new
@item = Item.new
@item.state = default_state_value
end

Then, in the view:

<%= select :item, :state, …