Question

I have following code

        <select name="status_drop" id="status" selected="<%=session[:status]%>" >
            <option value="0">Completed</option>
            <option value="1">Not Completed</option>
        </select>

I have session call session[:status] it hold either 1 or 0 and I need to set default value according to the session[:status] value. Please can some one help on this problem ?

Answer 1

You can try that

<select name="status_drop" id="status">
    <option value="0"<%= ' selected="selected"' if session[:status] == 0 %>>Completed</option>
    <option value="1"<%= ' selected="selected"' if session[:status] == 1 %>>Not Completed</option>
 </select>