obtaining a selected value from observe

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This works except for one thing...if there's a value in placement.client_slot_id, it doesn't 'select' the value in the selection list. How can I get it to select the value that matches @placement.client_slot_id.name ?

view    <span id="client_slot_id">       <%= select_tag 'placement', 'client_slot_id',       :selected => @placement.client_slot.name %></span>

      <%= observe_field(         :placement_facility_id,         :frequency => 0.5,         :update => :client_slot_id,         :url => { :controller => 'placements',         :action => :lookup_client_slot },         :with => "'facility_id='+escape(value)") %>

controller   def lookup_client_slot     @client_slots = ClientSlot.find(:all,       :conditions => ["facility_id = ?", params[:facility_id]]     ).collect {|fac| [fac.name, fac.id]}       render :inline => "<%= select 'placement',        'client_slot_id', @client_slots %>"   end

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Craig White wrote:

> <%= select_tag 'placement', 'client_slot_id', > :selected => @placement.client_slot.name %></span>

According to the docs, select_tag takes the object and a string containing the actual text <option>blah</option>. ActionView::Helpers::FormTagHelper

You may want to look at collection_select instead. ActionView::Helpers::FormOptionsHelper