# Update collection\_select **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 27, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/update-collection-select/172744 "2009-07-27T11:41:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![coldie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@coldie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coldie)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/update-collection-select/172744/1 "2009-07-27T11:41:15Z")
Hi there, I’m storing serveral values in my database through collection\_select. Saving the value works fine but getting the saved value by using the update-form and setting it as “default-selected” doesn’t work. I tried :selected and :include\_black till now… but nothing works. Can anyone help me? ---
**Author:** ![coldie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@coldie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coldie)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 12:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/update-collection-select/172744/2 "2009-07-27T12:53:38Z")
On Jul 27, 5:41 am, Hans H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi there, > > I’m storing serveral values in my database through collection\_select. > Saving the value works fine but getting the saved value by using the > update-form and setting it as “default-selected” doesn’t work. > > I tried :selected and :include\_black till now… but nothing works. A classic is the selected values being \_if fields (ie integers) but the choices being strings (and of course no 1 != “1”) Fred ---
**Author:** ![coldie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@coldie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coldie)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/update-collection-select/172744/3 "2009-07-27T16:41:20Z")
On Jul 27, 8:26 am, Hans H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hmmm … I can’t get this. > I declared my choices as strings, but i don’ know how to set a > DEFAULT-STRING… > something like > > \<%= f.text\_field :subject, :value =\> @ticket.subject%\> > > just for collection\_selct. not sure collection\_select takes a similar option. Given that it reads the current value out of the associated model object you could just set it there. Fred ---
**Author:** ![coldie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@coldie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coldie)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/update-collection-select/172744/4 "2009-07-27T18:06:32Z")
can anyone help me? ---
**Author:** ![coldie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@coldie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coldie)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/update-collection-select/172744/5 "2009-07-27T14:26:46Z")
Hmmm … I can’t get this. I declared my choices as strings, but i don’ know how to set a DEFAULT-STRING… something like \<%= f.text\_field :subject, :value =\> @ticket.subject%\> just for collection\_selct. Thx Frederick C. wrote: > On Jul 27, 5:41�am, Hans H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > I’m storing serveral values in my database through collection\_select. > > Saving the value works fine but getting the saved value by using the > > update-form and setting it as “default-selected” doesn’t work. > > > > I tried :selected and :include\_black till now… but nothing works. > > A classic is the selected values being \_if fields (ie integers) but > the choices being strings (and of course no 1 != “1”) > > Fred ---
**Author:** ![coldie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@coldie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coldie)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/update-collection-select/172744/6 "2009-07-28T19:21:02Z")
I understand you as wanting to have a default selection. If that’s correct then I would look into the options\_for\_select helper. It allows you to set a selected tag. Just make sure the selected object matches the type in your collection. Collection\_select only selects the value if it was previously saved to the database. On Jul 27, 12:06 pm, Hans H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)