ActsAsOptions plugin for Rails 2.0

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Hi,

I've made a simple plugin for Rails 2.0 to generate options for <select> tag. After installed, add the 'acts_as_options' line to your model:

class Brand   acts_as_options end

By default ActsAsOptions suppose you have a 'name' column and a 'id' column in your table, you can change this of course(see below).

After the declaration whenever you need options for a select in form, simply:

f.select :brands, Brand.find_as_options

or

select_tag :brands, Brand.find_as_options

you can specify the name and value column when declaration or find:

acts_as_options :stub, :id # will generate <option value='<%= brand.id %>'><%= brand.stub %></option>

or

Brand.find_as_options :stub, :id

Best Jan

2

what’s the difference with acts_as_dropdown?

3

umm... I reinvented a wheel :slight_smile:

Thanks Jan

* sishen <yedingding@gmail.com> [2008-04-21 16:56:06 +0800]: