In case this helps anyone else, I now have: form_controller.rb:
def index @members_group = [ ["Molecular Neuroscience", [["Prof. Dr. Denise Manahan-Vaughan", "1"], ["Prof. Dr. Lutz Pott", "2"]]], ["Developmental Neuroscience", [["Prof. Dr. Petra Wahle", "3"], ["Prof. Dr. Andreas Faissner", "4"], ["Dr. Alexander von Holst", "5"]]], ["Systems Neuroscience", [["Prof. Dr. Dr. Hanns Hatt", "6"], ["Prof. Dr. Klemens Stoertkuhl", "7"]]], ["Cognitive Neuroscience", [["Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Onur Guentuerkuen", "8"], ["Prof. Dr. Irene Daum", "9"], ["Prof. Dr. Oliver T. Wolf", "10"]]], ["Clinical Neuroscience", [["Prof. Dr. Martin Tegenthoff", "11"]]], ["Computational Neuroscience", [["Prof. Dr. Gregor Schoener", "12"], ["Jun. Prof. Dr. Christian Igel", "13"], ["Dr. Rolf Wuertz", "14"]]], ] @applicant = Applicant.new(params[:applicant]) if(request.post? and @applicant.save) @name = "public/pdfs/#...@applicant.last_name}.pdf" redirect_to :action => "success" else @member_1 = @applicant.member_1 render :action=> "index" end end In form.html.erb: ... <%= select_tag "applicant[member_1]", grouped_options_for_select(@members_group, selected_key = @member_1, prompt = " ") %> This works perfectly. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
