Er, yeah, that's not going to work. It's actually part of the Ruby standard
lib as part of CGI::HtmlExtension, and now that I'm looking at it more
closely, it's not compatible with Rails use. My bad. Rails only supports
the radio_button helper, as Jim pointed out.
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 2:10 AM, Jim Ruther Nill <jvn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 2:06 AM, Chris Kottom <ch...@chriskottom.com>wrote:
>
>> Ah, yes. Sorry about that. The radio_group method isn't a part of the
>> FormBuilder, so while you can still call it within the scope of the form_for
>> block, you can't call it the way I told you to.
>
>
> So there really is a radio_group helper? There's nothing about it in the
> api. Any links?
>
>
>>
>> You will need to call it similar to:
>>
>> <%= form_for @post do |f| %>
>> ...
>> <div>
>> <%= radio_group "post[postType_id]", PostType.all(:order => "name
>> ASC").map {|pt| [ pt.id, pt.name ] }
>> </div>
>> ...
>> <% end -%>
>>
>> This *should* work if you adjust the code to your particular situation,
>> but post back if not.
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Jim Ruther Nill <jvn...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> it should be f.radio_button. more samples at
>>> http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html#method-i-radio_button
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 10:29 PM, señor tower <senortow...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Chris, thanks.
>>>> but iam getting an this error after trying your code:
>>>>
>>>> *undefined method `radio_group' for
>>>> #<ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder:0x1034d6800>*
>>>>
>>>> am not sure if it is because this is a rails 3 app?
>>>> I googled this error but noting seemed helpful
>>>>
>>>> <%= f.radio_group :postType_id, PostType.all(:order => "name ASC").map
>>>> {|pt| [ pt.id, pt.name ] }%>
>>>>
>>>> any further help will be great.
>>>>
>>>> oli.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Chris Kottom <ch...@chriskottom.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think you're looking for something like radio_group. Based on your
>>>>> previous example, I would code it as:
>>>>>
>>>>> <div>
>>>>> <%= f.radio_group :postType_id, PostType.all(:order => "name
>>>>> ASC").map {|pt| [ pt.id, pt.name ] }
>>>>> </div>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 5:21 AM, oliver torres
>>>>> <senortow...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all, am writing a simple app that lets me pick a post type to go
>>>>>> under National or International.
>>>>>> the code bellow generates a drop-down from where I can pick the
>>>>>> options
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <div>
>>>>>> <%= f.collection_select :postType_id, PostType.all(:order => "name
>>>>>> ASC"), :id, :name %>
>>>>>> </div>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> what would be the syntax for this if instead I wanted to have two
>>>>>> radio buttons
>>>>>> I search for some sample code but all i've found is only with hard
>>>>>> coded strings.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> any idea how I can generate two radio buttons for:
>>>>>> O National
>>>>>> O International
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ?
>>>>>> any help will be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>> oli.
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