Rails non-table drop down list

Question

I need to have a drop down list in which the user selects the day of the week they want to come in every week. The values will never change right. It\'s just Sunday, Monday, ..

Answer 1

Why create a model? Just use select.

DAYS = ['Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', ...]
select(:event, :day, DAYS)

It's usually better practice to place the constant in the relevant model and use it from there.

In your model:

class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
  DAYS = ['Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', ...]
end

and then in your view:

select(:event, :day, Event::DAYS)

and here's another trick I use a lot:

select(:event, :day, Event::DAYS.collect {|d| [d, Event::DAYS.index(d)]})