On 17 Jul 2010, at 14:24, RichardOnRails <richarddummymailbox58...@uscomputergurus.com> wrote:
> Hi Fred, > > Thanks for taking the trouble to respond again, especially since I > failed to follow your previous response. The problem then was that I > was unsuccessful in applying it or didn't understand it ... probable > both. I definitely failed to realize that the argument (object) was > to be omitted in the context of form elements. That "little detail" > seems missing in ActionView::Helpers::FormOptionsHelper. Someone > explicitly mentioned that in a subsequent post on this thread. > It's definitely in the form helpers guide - well worth reading (there's also a section on collection_select and association type mismatch errors) > I also tried using the symbol :vendor_id as the first arg. That > failed, too. > That's what you should be doing - how did it fail? Fred > I apologize for being so obtuse. But I'd really like to get this app > working, and getting this expense-vendor hookup working may be my > last obstacle (for a while, anyway). > > If you can give me a little more help about this problem, I'd be most > appreciative. If you need more info, I'd be happy to post portions > or all my code to a website from which you could download it for > inspection. > > Best wishes, > Richard > > > On Jul 17, 5:29 am, Frederick Cheung <frederick.che...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On Jul 16, 10:40 pm, RichardOnRails >> >> <richarddummymailbox58...@uscomputergurus.com> wrote: >>> Hey Colin, >> >>> Here's one more detail I should have added from my new-expense-view >>> code: >> >>> <%= f.label :vendor %><br /> >> >>> <%# New version of vendor selection -%> >>> <% params[:expense] = 10 -%> >>> <% @vendors = Vendor.find( :all, :order=>"nickname ASC") -%> >>> <%= f.collection_select(:id, @vendors, :id, :nickname) %> >> >> because the first argument should be the name of the attribute you are >> trying to set (ie vendor_id). This and f.collection_select not needing >> the first argument was on the link I gave on one of your other posts >> (http://guides.rubyonrails.org/form_helpers.html) >> >> Fred >> >>> <%# End of New version -%> >> >>> I apologize for the fragmented response. I was in a hurry to go out >>> for my 3-mile walk :-) >> >>> Best again, >>> Richard > > -- > 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-t...@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. > -- 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-t...@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.
