Question

I have this in my form:

<%= f.select :status, options_for_select(Article::STATUS), :include_blank => true, :selected => @article.status, :class => 'select_field' %>

Model:

class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessible :author, :content, :publication_date, :status, :title, :tag_tokens
  attr_reader :tag_tokens

  STATUS = ['Rascunho', 'Em Revisão', 'Publicado']

end

Why does not populate the field?

Answer 1

I believe you can simply pass an array in [#select][1]. You don’t need to call options for collection. I also think you can ommit the :selected option if this is a model form, Rails will figure it out using the attribute value.

Try this:

<%= f.select :status, Article::STATUS, :include_blank => true, :class => 'select_field' %>