Using a select list for a boolean field

rubyonrails-talk
#1

Hello-

I'm trying to use a select list for a boolean field in my model. I
want there to be three values in the list: nil, true, and false. Here
are the snippets of code I have so far:

<%= f.select :yes_to_terms, [['Yes', true], ['No',
false]], :include_blank => '--select one-- %>

The problem I'm running into is that if someone selects '--select
one--' in the drop-down and submits the form, my app interprets the '--
select one--' as false (it's values is an empty string in the html).

I tried changing the list of options to this:

[['--select one--', nil], ['Yes', true], ['No', false]]

But that didn't work either. Does anyone have any ideas? Also, I can't
use a checkbox for this app, since I need to know whether the value is
true, false, or unknown.

Regards,
Eric

#2

Eric Marthinsen wrote:

Hello-

I'm trying to use a select list for a boolean field in my model. I
want there to be three values in the list: nil, true, and false. Here
are the snippets of code I have so far:

<%= f.select :yes_to_terms, [['Yes', true], ['No',
false]], :include_blank => '--select one-- %>

The problem I'm running into is that if someone selects '--select
one--' in the drop-down and submits the form, my app interprets the '--
select one--' as false (it's values is an empty string in the html).

I tried changing the list of options to this:

[['--select one--', nil], ['Yes', true], ['No', false]]

But that didn't work either. Does anyone have any ideas? Also, I can't
use a checkbox for this app, since I need to know whether the value is
true, false, or unknown.

Regards,
Eric

Hi
Try this one
[['--select one--', ''], ['Yes', true], ['No', false]]
might be you will get value nil when user select 'select one'
Thanks
Brijesh Shah

#3

Thanks for the reply, but that doesn't work either. It recognizes the
blank string as false.

#4

if you want three values, then boolean true false cant work. I have
done this using 0 and 1 as below:

= select_tag :drop_ship, options_for_select([['',''],['Drop Ship','1'],
['Not Drop Ship','0']], params[:drop_ship])

You dont say how you want to use the tri-value in your code, but I use
this directly into a named_scope

has_finder :delisted, lambda {|*args|
          args.first.blank? ? {:conditions=>nil} : {:conditions=>
['obsolete = ? ', args.first]}

which works fine because i am using mysql with boolean of 0=false,
1=true.

If you are checking the params value in the controller then you will
be looking to detect, blank?, '0' or '1'

Tonypm