Ruby select helpers

Rails
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Hi

Can anyone tell me when i should be using the different select helpers

select(object, method, collection, options = {}, html_options = {})

select_tag(name, option_tags = nil, options = {})

collection_select(object, method, collection, value_method, text_method,
options = {}, html_options = {})

Is that all of them? I understand the advantages of using
collection_select over the others, as it allows me to pass in a hash,
but other than that, the whole thing confuses me.

Thanks

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Pingu P. wrote:

Can anyone tell me when i should be using the different select helpers

select(object, method, collection, options = {}, html_options = {})

select_tag(name, option_tags = nil, options = {})

Use the first when @object is an instance of an Active Record model.
It automatically sets a suitable name attribute for posted parameters,
and also automatically selects the current value of @object.method.

Use the second for full custom control over the name and selected value.

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