Unable to get selected option with options_from_collection_for_select

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I'm in Rails 2.1, Ruby 1.8.6 --

http://pastie.org/211063

<%= params[:doctor_id] %> <%= options_from_collection_for_select(Doctor.active, :id, :name, :selected => params[:doctor_id]) %>

<%= options_from_collection_for_select(Doctor.active, :id, :name, :selected_value => params[:doctor_id]) %>

Returns:

53 <option value="49">Michael Summer</option> <option value="52">Susan Miller</option> <option value="53">Kenny Storm</option> <option value="55">Tank Bordem</option>

<option value="49">Michael Summer</option> <option value="52">Susan Miller</option> <option value="53">Kenny Storm</option> <option value="55">Tank Bordem</option>

So params[:doctor_id] is clearly = to Kenny Storm (value 53) but it is not adding selected to the tag.

Any ideas?

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Make sure you've placed it in the right hash of arguments.

Maybe it's something like

<%= options_from_collection_for_select(Doctor.active, :id, :name, {}, {:selected => params[:doctor_id]}) %>