Drop downs for new and edit

rubyonrails-talk
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I have a drop down in my forms.

Year Manufactured The value needs to be from 1970 -- current year

In the new form i am using the following code

<select name="vehicle[year_made]" id="vehicle_year_made"> <option value="0" selected="selected">-- Select --</option> <%= options_from_collection_for_select((1970..Time.now.year).collect {|p| [ p, p ] }, "first", "last") %> </select>

You could use select_year

Fred

2

You could use select_year

Fred

I am sorry I do not know ruby as much so will need more help than
this.

You could start by reading the api docs (ActionView::Helpers::DateHelper   )

Fred

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You could start by reading the api docs (ActionView::Helpers::DateHelper   )

Fred

Thanks for this, now two more questions remain.

I still need to have a custom value like -- Select -- added in there.

And also for edit time, how do i make it that it shows the value from db already selected?

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You could start by reading the api docs (ActionView::Helpers::DateHelper )

Fred

Thanks for this, now two more questions remain.

I still need to have a custom value like -- Select -- added in there.

And also for edit time, how do i make it that it shows the value
from db already selected?

Both of those are covered by the examples in the api docs I linked to.

Fred

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Both of those are covered by the examples in the api docs I linked to.

Fred

Thanks for the help so far, but using this i am running into more issues that before, I am not getting the field name as i want it using :field_name to specify the vehicle[year_made] gives me date[vehicle[year_imported]] and also the prompt does not show.

So guiding me to the API is not helping me solving my problem. Any other solutions.

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Both of those are covered by the examples in the api docs I linked
to.

Fred

Thanks for the help so far, but using this i am running into more
issues that before, I am not getting the field name as i want it using :field_name to specify the vehicle[year_made] gives me date[vehicle[year_imported]] and also the prompt does not show.

you need to play with the the :prefix option to change date to
something else.

Fred