[Rails] Re: Can't get select helper to populate dropdown w/default v

[Peter Jagielski]

Nick,

Here's the hash that defines the contents of the dropdown:

YESNO = { "No" => "0",
          "Yes" => "1" }

In other words, the user sees options for "Yes" and "No, and either 0 or 
1 are stored in the table's field.  In this case, the user can specify 
whether or not they are an administrator.

Here's my select helper code:

<%= select 'user', 'administrator', User::YESNO.sort, :include_blank => 
TRUE %>

I tried all manner of including :selected => ??? and it's never worked.

Now, I have found the following workaround, which solves the problem by 
using Rails' options_for_select helper:

<p><label for="user_administrator">Administrator</label><br/>
<select id="user_administrator" name="user[administrator]">
  <option value=""></option>
  <%= options_for_select User::YESNO.sort, @user.administrator.to_s %>
</select></p>

But going back to the original question, shouldn't the basic select 
helper be able to handle this?

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