select option des not work in rails - ruby-on-rails

I am trying to display the value have chosen, but it does not seem to be working. Any ideas?
Here is the code:
<label>Apply to <%= statement_display_name.downcase %>:</label> <%=
f.select( :statement_id,
options_for_select(#client.statements.unpaid.collect { |statement|
[statement_display_name + " #{statement.number_with_prefix} #
{statement.created_or_bill_date.to_date} - #
{number_to_currency(statement.outstanding_amount)}"]}), :selected
=> f.object.statement_id )%>

You're passing an array as the options, but you'll need a hash of your_string => statement_id instead to make this work.
Right now the options don't make reference to the statement ID as their value. You pass it an array of [[some_string], [some_string]], whereas you probably need {some_string => statement_id, some_other_string => statement_id}

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get selected items from select_tag

I have this line in my rails app:
<%= select_tag :questionnaire_id,
options_for_select(#questionnaires_types, #questionnaires_ids),
:multiple => true, :size => 7 %>
which works fine.
but when I try to use the multiple values that were selected I get this:
questionnaire_id"=>["1687,1688,1689,1690,1691,1724"]
instead of this:
questionnaire_id"=>["1687", "1688", "1689" ,"1690", "1691", "1724"]
i.e. I get 1 item instead of 6 items.
any suggestions?
According to rails code: https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/41231ef6c6c6a6e546b69add28f04aafb9e0e952/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb#L134
The name must end with [] to be make sure you receive an array.
def select_tag(name, option_tags = nil, options = {})
option_tags ||= ""
html_name = (options[:multiple] == true && !name.to_s.ends_with?("[]")) ? "#{name}[]" : name
if options.delete(:include_blank)
option_tags = content_tag(:option, '', :value => '').safe_concat(option_tags)
end
if prompt = options.delete(:prompt)
option_tags = content_tag(:option, prompt, :value => '').safe_concat(option_tags)
end
content_tag :select, option_tags, { "name" => html_name, "id" => sanitize_to_id(name) }.update(options.stringify_keys)
end
So just change it to questionnaire_ids[]
Hope that helps.
I think a collection_select would look nice but I cannot help with that since you did not post anything about the model. Maybe try this so that it knows it is a collection:
<%= select_tag "questionnaire_ids[]", options_for_select(#questionnaires_types, #questionnaires_ids), :multiple => true, :size => 7 %>
Or you could just parse the string you currently receive using #split.
Otherwise post a bit more code about the associations between Questionnaire and what ever this model is.
Well, just in case that someone will come to this issue, I found the problem.
It seems to be a bug in rails.
I was using remote_form_for, and that gave me the strange behaviour. I tried to change the form to form_for instead, and I got an array with 6 items.
Rails, Rails, when will you be like .Net? :-(

Ruby hash map with key that contains '-'

How can I add hash map element with a key that contains "-"?
Like this:
<%= button_to_function 'Cancel','cancelRemove("cancelEmail")', :data-dismiss=>'modal', :class=>'btn' %>
I get an error:
undefined local variable or method 'dismiss' for #<ActionView::Base:0x3482fed>
While :'data-dismiss' works, with data attributes you can also do
:data => { :dismiss => 'modal' }
Additional data-prefixed html attributes can be included in the same hash. So for example on another link you might do:
:data => { :remote => true, :method => 'delete' }
which would add to the link the html attributes data-remote="true" data-method="delete".
While the hash syntax is less compact for a single attribute, it's nice when you've got more than one html5 data attribute. And it's arguably a bit more rails-ish.
Just rename it to:
<%= button_to_function 'Cancel','cancelRemove("cancelEmail")', :'data-dismiss'=>'modal', :class=>'btn' %>

Rails: Setting class and data-tag of an HTML attribute with a single rails method

I'm currently working on a tour interface that guides new users around my site. I have a Tour model that has many TourStops, each of which contains information about a section of the site.
Basically, I'd like to write a function for the Tour model that -- when passed the number of a TourStop -- generates the correct class and data attribute for the HTML element it's attatched to. For example, I'd like
<%= link_to image_tag("new_button.png", tour.stop_data(1), :title => 'Add new asset'), new_asset_path %>
to call a function and return something like
def stop_data(order)
" :class => '#{tour_stops.find_by_order(order).name}',
:data => '{:order => order}'"
end
creating a link_to tag like:
<%= link_to image_tag("new_button.png", :class => 'tour_stop_1',
:data => {:order => 1}, :title => 'Add new asset'), new_asset_path %>
The above code doesn't work. Is something like this even possible? If not, what's a better approach I might take?
The image_tag accepts two parameters. A source, and a options Hash.
What you are trying to do is squeezing your return value from stop_data into this options Hash.
In order to get this to work, you first, need to return a Hash from stop_data, and second, make sure you pass only two arguments to image_tag - the source, and the options.
First:
def stop_data(order)
{
:class => tour_stops.find_by_order(order).name,
:data => { :order => order } # you may need order.to_json
}
end
Second:
link_to image_tag("new_button.png", tour.stop_data(1), :title => "Add new asset"), new_asset_path
This looks like it will work, but it won't, since your'e passing three parameters to image_tag.
When you do the following:
image_tag("new_button.png", :class => "tour_stop_1", :data => { :order => 1 }, :title => "Add new asset")
It looks like you're passing even 4 parameters to image_tag, but in fact they are only two. In Ruby, when the last parameter of a method is a Hash, you don't need to wrap the Hash key/value pairs in curly braces ({}), so the example above is essentially the same as
image_tag("new_button.png", { :class => "tour_stop_1", :data => { :order => 1 }, :title => "Add new asset" })
Now, to get your helper to work with image_tag, you need to merge the options, so they become only one Hash.
link_to image_tag("new_button.png", tour.stop_data(1).merge(:title => "Add new asset")), new_asset_path
Again, we're omitting the curly braces when calling merge, because it's only (and therefore last) parameter is a Hash. The outcome is the same as:
tour.stop_data(1).merge({ :title => "Add new asset" })

Array as Parameter from Rails Select Helper

I'm working on a legacy project that is using acts_as_taggable_on which expects tags to come in arrays. I have a select box allowing users to select a tag on a Course in a field called categories. The only way mass assignment create will work is if params looks like this params = {:course => {:categories => ['Presentation']}}. I've currently a view with this helper:
<%= f.select 'categories', ['Presentation' , 'Round Table' , 'Demo', 'Hands-on'] %>
Which will give me a parameter like params = {:course => {:categories => 'Presentation'}}. This doesn't work since Acts as tag gable apparently can't handle being passed anything other than a collection.
I've tried changing categories to categories[] but then I get this error:
undefined method `categories[]' for #<Course:0x007f9d95c5b810>
Does anyone know the correct way to format my select tag to return an array to the controller? I'm using Rails 3.2.3
I didn't work with acts_as_taggable_on, but maybe this simple hack will be suitable for you? You should put it before mass-assignment.
category = params[:course][:categories]
params[:course][:categories] = [category]
If you are only going to allow the selection of ONE tag, you could do:
<%= f.select 'categories', [['Presentation'] , ['Round Table'] , ['Demo'], ['Hands-on']] %>
Each one item array will have first for the display value, and last for the return value, which in this case will both return the same thing, as the first element of the array is the same as the last element when the array as one element.
Seems like select doesn't give you that option.
If I understand correctly, one option might be to use a select_tag instead and just be explicit about where you want the selection in the params:
<%= select_tag 'course[categories][]', options_for_select(['Presentation' , 'Round Table' , 'Demo', 'Hands-on']) %>
That ought to get your params the way you need them.
Here's what I'm using for one of my projects:
<% options = { include_blank: true } %>
<% html_options = { required: true, name: "#{f.object_name}[#{resource.id}][days][]" } %>
<%= f.select :days, DAYS, options, html_options %>
Without html_options[:name], Rails handles the name of the select tag and spits out something like
service[service_add_ons_attributes][11][days]
but I need
service[service_add_ons_attributes][11][days][]
So I override it.
Hope that helps.

:prompt appearing in collection_select when a records value is expected

Sorry, this may seem like a simple issue, but: I have a collection_select element that is called via ajax from a _updateregions.html.erb file for creating and editing records that looks like:
<%= collection_select(:wine, :wineregionid, regions, :wineregionid, :regionname,
options = {:selected => :wineregionid, :prompt => "Select a Region"}
) %>
The problem is, when editing an existing record, the prompt is appearing by default instead on the records value. When I remove the :prompt, it works fine... question is, how can I make this work for both the New and Edit case?
According to http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormOptionsHelper.html I think I'm doing it right....
collection_select(object, method,
collection, value_method, text_method,
options = {}, html_options = {})
Returns and tags for
the collection of existing return
values of method for object‘s class.
The value returned from calling method
on the instance object will be
selected. If calling method returns
nil, no selection is made without
including :prompt or :include_blank in
the options hash.
i think :prompt donot takes a string .
it should be true/false or null.
try this
<%= collection_select(:wine, :wineregionid, regions, :wineregionid, :regionname,
options = {:selected => :wineregionid, :prompt => true) %>

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