Thank you Matt! This worked nicely.
On May 29, 6:26 pm, Matt Jones wrote:
> You're probably better off using select_tag, together with
> options_for_select here. collection_select appears to be giving you a
> bit more magic than you want...
>
> Example:
>
> <%= select_tag :county, options_for_select(["Please select a
> county...", ""]+...@counties.map { |c| [c,c]}) %>
>
> (change the entries in the map call if @counties has objects rather
> than strings - the first entry in the array is the label, and the
> second is the value that will be sent)
>
> --Matt Jones
>
> On May 28, 3:23 pm, ReidO wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to display unique counties listed in my database in select
> > box for a property database. I've figured out how to do this, but now
> > I can't figure out how to access the selected value of the select.
> > This mainly has do with the way the HTML select name is outputted.
>
> > My form code, county is an attribute for my property model:
>
> > <%= collection_select(:property, :county,
> > @Counties, :county, :county, {:prompt => true}) %>
>
> > This outputs the HTML
>
> > > value="">Please select
> > Pearl River
> > Marion
> > Stone
> > Lamar
> > Forrest
> > Jones
> > Washington
>
> > It is the []'s in the select name "property[county] that is giving me
> > fits. The other items in the search form use select_tag so the output
> > is simply "min_price" rather than "property[min_price]". This is
> > causing a syntax error when I'm trying to put together my search
> > results array in my Property model:
>
> > def self.find_by_lcc(params)
> > where = []
> > unless params[:mls].blank?
> > where << "mls = :mls"
> > end
> > unless params[:county].blank?
> > where << "county = :county"
> > end
> > unless params[:min_acreage].blank?
> > where << "acreage >= :min_acreage"
> > end
> > unless params[:max_acreage].blank?
> > where << "acreage <= :max_acreage"
> > end
> > unless params[:min_price].blank?
> > where << "price >= :min_price"
> > end
> > unless params[:max_price].blank?
> > where << "price <= :max_price"
> > end
>
> > if where.empty?
> > []
> > else
> > find(:all,
> > :conditions => [where.join(" AND "), params],
> > :order => "city, price desc")
> > end
>
> > Due to the county problem all the records are being listed rather than
> > just the properties within that county. The browser URL string I'm
> > getting is:
>
> > public/land?mls=&property[county]
> > =Stone&min_acreage=0&max_acreage=1600&min_price=0&max_price=160&com
> > mit=Search
>
> > I have searched for answers on this for a couple of days and I'm sure
> > it's a simple syntax method I need to use in compiling my search
> > array.
>
> > Thanks for any help!
>
>
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