On 6 Feb 2009, at 16:35, Steve Davie wrote:

>
> I'm getting murdered by this thing!  For the life of me, I can't  
> figure
> it out.  I've spent literally days on google.
>
> Here's what I would like to do (in rails 2.2.2):
>
>
> <% if params[:cruise_info] %>
> <%= collection_select :cabin_type, :cabin_type_id,
> CabinType.find_by_status(1).collect {|ct| ct}, :id, :name,  
> {:selected =>
> params[:cruise_info][:cabin_type_id]}%>
> <% end %>

collection_select ignore the :selected option.

Fred

>
>
> The intent here is, on re-rendering the page (after a validation
> failure), I don't want the end-user to be required to make the  
> selection
> again.  I have half a dozen collection_selects in this form that are
> being returned from partials and are embeded with :fields_for, so
> they're not automatically retaining their selections.
>
> Most of my search results are Bug reports for this, but they're more
> than 2 years old.  It's gotta be fixed by now right? I have to be  
> doing
> something wrong?  I just can't see it.  I've tried using select,
> options_from_collection_for_select, and have the same issue with all  
> of
> them.  I've tried different variations, like putting it in the options
> => {} and in html_options => {}...and nothing.  I've tried :selected,
> :selected_value, I even tried using :include_blank => {...}, which i
> knew wouldn't work, but thought it worth a try.  I've tried to_s on  
> the
> params (which btw are an integer), but i'm not even seeing the
> "selected" option showing up in the html source.
>
> Sorry for being so long winded, I want to insure I include enough
> information to get this solved.
>
> Any advice?
>
> Thanks in advance
> -- 
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
> >


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