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Asked: 2026-05-23T07:55:48+00:00

Rails 2.3.11 I’m trying to add a drop-down sort by switch to a page.

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Rails 2.3.11

I’m trying to add a drop-down “sort by” switch to a page. The page determines how to sort the items in the list by a URL argument (http://…/places?sort=name). How would I have a drop-down menu that, when changed, goes to the appropriate page?

"Name"            -> ?sort=name
"Category"        -> ?sort=cat
"Abbreviation"    -> ?sort=abbrev
"Building Number" -> ?sort=num

Those ^ are the mappings. I’m also not sure how to have the drop-down menu say one thing, but submit another.

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    options = options_for_select [['Name','name'],['Category','cat'],['Abbreviation','abbrev'],['Building Number','num']]
select_tag :sort, options

    Basically you build the options out first by passing an Array of 2 element arrays where the first element is your display value, and the second element is the select value. options_for_select will generate all the options for you, which you can then pass to select_tag.

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