2009/9/2 AppleII717 <[email protected]>: > > I'm trying to rewrite a fusebox-like application (Active4D plugin to > 4D database) in RoR/postgres and I'm doing okay - but keep running > into things that stump me. It seems like it takes me hours to figure > out something that I could have written in pure code in minutes. > > The select_month and select_day helper has been my latest waste of > time. All I'm trying to do is add a javascript onchange call and I > can't get it to show up. > > Given: > > select_month(date, options = {}, html_options = {}) > > I have: > > select_month(0,:include_blank => true, :onchange => "setBirthMMDD" ) > > I know I've gotten html options to work on form fields, but maybe I'm > missing something on how the html_options hash has to be formatted. > > I've tried: > > select_month(0,:include_blank => true, :html_options => {:onchange => > "setBirthMMDD"} ) > > and that does not work, nor does it generate an error. > > We use the birth month and day as a verification field and I'm just > trying to set a hidden field. Can't ask for birthday because of > potential age discrimination issues.
If you are just trying to set a hidden field could you not just pass whatever the user is entering/selecting to the server and compute the value there rather than doing it in the browser? I believe it best to avoid js where possible. Colin > > I've also tried to set style or class and can't seem to get any html > option to work - so I guess I don't know what I'm doing. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
