How do I convert this dropdown to a f.select in Rails?

Question

I\'m a Rails beginner and I\'m working on a preexisting Rails 2 project. In my application, I tried converting a select dropdown field to a form_handler f.select, but I\'m getti

Answer 1

Place the following in a helper file

def select_options_for_locations(locations)
  locations.map do |location|
    [location_string(location.masterlocation), location.masterlocation.street_address]
  end
end

def location_string(masterlocation)
  "#{masterlocation.city}, #{masterlocation.state}, #{masterlocation.zip} #{masterlocation.name}"
end

Then in your view, you can use the following

= f.select :start, select_options_for_locations(@itinerary.locations),  {}, :id => "startdrop"