Plugins - ActsAsOptions
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In your rails directory:
script/plugin install http://janx.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/acts_as_options
How To Use
After installed, add the 'acts_as_options' line to your model:
class Brand
acts_as_options
end
By default ActsAsOptions suppose you have a 'name' column and a 'id' column in your table, you can change this of course(see below).
After the declaration whenever you need options for a select in form, simply:
f.select :brands, Brand.find_as_options
or
select_tag :brands, Brand.find_as_options
you can specify the name and value column when declaration or find:
Specify when declare:
acts_as_options :stub, :id # will generate
Specify when use: Brand.find_as_options :stub, :id
Not to be negative or anything, but how does this plugin really help compared to the normal select or selecttag or optionsfor_select helpers?