Question

I have a Rails form that allows users to update the values of a payment record they previously created.

Everything is working as anticipated, except that the select fields are not saving the appropriate value when the form is submitted. I think this is because the helper that creates those fields isn’t referencing the payment object, but I can’t figure out the format I would use to do that.

Here’s sample code:

<%= form_for @payment do |f| %>

  # Works
  <%= f.label :amount %>
  $ <%= f.text_field :amount, :size => 7 %>

  # Doesn't work
  <%= f.label :responsibility %>
  <%= select :payment, :responsibility, @resp_options, {:include_blank => true} %>

  <%= f.submit "Edit this payment" %>
<% end %>

Answer 1

your select statement should looks like this:

f.select :responsibility, @resp_options, {:include_blank => true}