Use rails date_select without activerecord model

davenolan (davenolan) — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:42:58 GMT

// In your view:



<%= date_select('range', 'start_date', :order => [:month, :day, :year])%>

// In your controller:



@start_date = Date.civil(params[:range][:"start_date(1i)"].to_i,params[:range][:"start_date(2i)"].to_i,params[:range][:"start_date(3i)"].to_i)

Credit: http://www.jonsthoughtsoneverything.com/2006/05/21/how-to-access-date_select-without-an-active-record-model/

Using a mutiple collection select form helper with habtm or has many associations in Rails

davenolan (davenolan) — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:58:54 GMT

// where user has and belongs to many roles



# in your view

<%= collection_select :user, :role_ids, Role.find(:all, :order => 'name ASC'), :id, :name, { :selected => @user.role_ids }, { :multiple => true, :name => 'user[role_ids][]' } -%>

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Use rails date_select without activerecord model

Using a mutiple collection select form helper with habtm or has many associations in Rails