Can't add select in options form

[jocubeit]

I tried the following:

<% @options = params[:options] || {} %>
<%= semantic_form_for 'options', { :html => { :style => 'width: 600px' } } do |f| %>
  <div class="mercury-modal-pane-container">
    <div class="mercury-modal-pane">
      <%= f.inputs 'Options' do %>
        <%= f.input :campaign_id, :required => true, :as => :select, 
                    :collection => { "Google Adwords" => 1, "Facebook Ad" => 2, "No Referrer" => 3 },
                    :input_html => { :value => @options[:campaign_id] || 1, :allow_blank => true } %> 

      <% end %>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="mercury-modal-controls">
    <%= f.buttons do %>
      <%= f.commit_button 'Insert Subscription Form' %>
    <% end %>
  </div>
<% end %>

And get the following error:

Rendered mercury/snippets/subscription_options.html.erb (5.8ms)
Completed 500 Internal Server Error in 9ms
ActionView::Template::Error (undefined method 'campaign_id' for {}:Hash):
    4:   <div class="mercury-modal-pane-container">
    5:     <div class="mercury-modal-pane">
    6:       <%= f.inputs 'Options' do %>
    7:         <%= f.input :campaign_id, :required => true, :as => :select, 
    8:                  :collection => { "Google Adwords" => 1, "Facebook Ad" => 2, "No Referrer" => 3 },
    9:                  :input_html => { :value => @options[:campaign_id] || 1, :allow_blank => true } %> 
    10:                     
  app/views/mercury/snippets/subscription_options.html.erb:7:in 'block (2 levels) in _app_views_mercury_snippets_subscription_options_html_erb___2314300290869354519_70344109546800'
  app/views/mercury/snippets/subscription_options.html.erb:6:in 'block in   _app_views_mercury_snippets_subscription_options_html_erb___2314300290869354519_70344109546800'
  app/views/mercury/snippets/subscription_options.html.erb:2:in _app_views_mercury_snippets_subscription_options_html_erb___2314300290869354519_70344109546800'

Ultimately I'd like the collection to come from database but I was trying to take baby steps and it failed here. How do I construct an option parameter that provides a drop down select? I have Formtastic included in the Gemfile and if I use just normal text box inputs it works fine.

[jejacks0n]

Hi Dom, while I'm willing to provide support for Mercury Editor, I'm unable to provide support for everything else that's rails based. I understand that it can be difficult to determine where an error is coming from (server vs. javascript), but this one's rails.. You can assume this any time you see a HTTP 500 response.. You can also determine this from the "500 Internal Server Error" that you see at the top of that response.

It looks like you're building a form using a hash.. formtastic typically expects a model / openstruct that responds to specific methods. Try the baby steps the other way first -- making the models and such.. not using mercury.. then integrating it into mercury might be easier.

[jocubeit]

The code I provided above is only a slight alteration from your own example snippet in the gem:

mercury/app/views/mercury/snippets/example_options.html.erb

The only difference is the select input field. From what I can see this is valid Formtastic syntax. I may be using a hash but I've taken that from your own example, and since that works, I don't see why this doesn't.

I will take your advice and build a database-backed AR model and see if I get it to work that way.

Thanks for your time.