Question

I have a question about where values in dropdowns are coming from:

I have a migration that set up the original table with some initial values:

add_column :contracts, :signature_status_id, :integer

# lookup data
sig = SignatureStatus.new(:name => "Delivered")
sig.save!
sig = SignatureStatus.new(:name => "Signed")
sig.save!

I have a table called signature_statuses that contains the updated values:

id, name
1, 'Delivered; awaiting signature'
2, 'Delivered; awaiting full execution'
3, 'Terms being negotiated'
4, 'Fully executed and filed'

I have a form that contains the code to pull out the signature status:

<%= collection_select(:contract, :signature_status_id, @signature_statuses, :id, :name) %>

The collection select is pulling in “Signed” and “Delivered” when I want it to be from the DB. How do I make it do that.

Note: I think that the data was edited manually rather than a migration, but I’m not sure. I also searched the code for “signed” and “delivered”, but the only place it shows up is in the migration.

Answer 1

It turns out I needed to run “rake db” and that fixed it.