check_box not being checked

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I'm new to RoR and I'm having a little problem that I can't solve.

My model is simple. I have Lists and ListItems.

I have a view that loops through all the list items, and I put the HTML for the each list item row in a partial called _list_item.rhtml.

This is the view, called show.rhtml

<ul> <%= render(:partial => "list_item", :collection => @list.list_items) %> </ul>

And this is the partial _list_item.rhtml

<li> <%= check_box 'list_item', 'done' %> <%= list_item.text %> </li>

As you can see, my list_item has two fields: done and text.

The problem is that even though the field done is an integer "1" I can't get the checkbox to get checked!!!

The rest works as expected.

Any idea? Thanks!

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BTW, same thing happens if I don't use a partial.

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Try putting this at the top of your partial:

<% @list_item = list_item %>

The magic form helper methods rely on instance variables to set the
value. Alternatively, you could do this:

<%= check_box_tag "list_item[done]", list_item.done %>

Michael Bleigh michael@intridea.com