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collection_select with :selected option

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Re: collection_select with :selected option

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Apr 14th, 2007
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Originally Posted by amithasija View Post
thanx buddy for quick reply,

now i am explaning you the whole scenario.what i have done is ,i have a sample form with collection_select on it with multiple true(suppose five values).on submit selected values goes into database(suppose two) coreesponding to particular id.now when i again open the page i want the values from database comes as selected(two values that are coming from database as highlighted or selected).and thanx for all your help till now and in future.


Ah - I see what you mean now.

Try something like this (for this i'm assuming a person has many jobs):

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<%= collection_select 
	:person, 
	:job_ids,
	Job.find(:all),
	:id, 
	:description,
	{},
	:multiple => true,
	:name => 'person[job_ids][]' 
%>
Last edited by pty : Apr 14th, 2007 at 10:17 am. Reason: alignment went funny
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