Rails 3: f.select - options_for_select

Question

I have a form on my Ruby on Rails3 Application with a drop menu, this is my current code for the select option:

<%= f.select :phone_type, options_for_select([         


        

Answer 1

Thanks to everyone who contributed an answer.

I needed similar code for a project I'm working on and I really liked the approach Ryan Burnette took.

This is what worked for me using Rails 4.1.0.

<%= f.select :season, options_for_seasons, :prompt => 'Select One' %>

Then I defined the options in my helper.

def options_for_seasons
  ['Spring', 'Summer', 'Autumn', 'Winter']
end

I went with:prompt => 'Select One'because I only wanted the "Select One" option to be listed in the edit form if a season had not been previously selected.