On 16 July 2010 20:31, RichardOnRails <richarddummymailbox58...@uscomputergurus.com> wrote: >> Post back if you have any more problems. > Thanks for your generous offer. So here's my last (I hope) stumbling > block. I got: > > NoMethodError in Expenses#new > > Showing app/views/expenses/new.html.erb where line #14 raised: > > undefined method `merge' for :nickname:Symbol > > Extracted source (around line #14): > > 11: <%# New version of vendor selection -%> > 12: <% params[:expense] = 10 -%> > 13: <% @vendors = Vendor.find( :all, :order=>"nickname ASC") -%> > 14: <%= f.collection_select(:vendor, :id, > @vendors, :id, :nickname) %> > 15: <%# End of New version -%> > 16: > 17: <%#= f.collection_select(:vendor, @vendors, :id, :nickname) %> > > But the claim about nickname being bogus seems suspicious to me. For > one thing: > >>> Vendor.find(:first) > => #<Vendor id: 62, nickname: "vendor 5/15/2010", qbname: "Test new > field names", [snip] > > And the arguments seem to agree with > http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormOptionsHelper.html, > particularly the guidance for the public instant method: > > collection_select(object, method, collection, value_method, > text_method, options = {}, html_options = {})
If you use collection_select on its own you need to pass the object, but f.collection_select inside a form_for takes the object from form_for. The documentation is a bit confusing in that area. Colin > > Any ideas? > > Thanks in Advance, > Richard > > > On Jul 16, 11:58 am, Andy Jeffries <a...@andyjeffries.co.uk> wrote: >> > > Welcome to dynamic objects and classes :-) >> > Thanks. This restores my faith in Rails and enhances my appreciation >> > of newsgroups, especially this one. >> > Now I've got to put them to use! >> >> Good luck. >> >> Post back if you have any more problems. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Andy > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
