collection_select and select Rails helpers: Which one should I use?
I can t see a difference in both ways. Both helpers take a collection and generates options tags inside a select tag. Is there a scenario where collection_select is better than select? or is anything I am missing here?
collection_select is intended to be used when the list of items is an array of ActiveRecord objects. collection_select is built on the top of select so it s a convenient method when you need to display a collection of objects and not an array of strings.
collection_select(:post, :author_id, Author.find(:all), :id, :name)
I have written something on that a while back, have a look at http://nasir.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/not-binding-your-selection-list-to-a-particular-model-in-rails/
Hope that helps
And regarding select, you can use it with a Hash. I used to use it with ENUM.
# In a hypothetical Fruit model
enum types: { Banana => 0, Grape => 1, Mango => 2 }
# In the view
f.select :type, Fruits.types.invert
Note that I had to use invert in order to show the correct value in option:
<select>
<option value="0">Banana</option>
<option value="1">Grape<option>
<option value="2">Mango</option>
</select>
To refer to it in a show file you can use Fruit.types and this will return our previous Hash. This way you can do:
Fruit.types[obj.type]
Last note: You can use symbols instead numbers if you prefer enum types: { Banana => :banana, ...and you will get <option value="banana">Banana</option>
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