Hello!
I have a problem I have made a simple search form where you can select a category, region and enter some free text.
My view looks like this:
<%= form_tag %> <table> <tr> <td>Category:</td> <td><%= select("search_item", "category", JobCategory.active_categories.collect {|c| [c.title, c.id]}, { :include_blank => true }) %></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Region:</td> <td> <%= select("search_item", "region", Region.active_regions.collect {|r| [r.title, r.id]}, {:include_blank => true } ) %></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Free text:</td> <td><%= text_field("search_item","phrase", "size" => 40) %></td> </tr> <tr> <td>...</td> <td><%= submit_tag(" Search ") %></td> </tr> </table> <%= end_form_tag %>
The search_item is just a simple class with the attributes category, region and phrase.
Every example I have seen requires to create an object of a model but I don't want to do this. I just want the code to fill my search_item object with the correct values. Any ideas?