Radio buttons show false when clicked

[NN Dodhia]

Hi i have this code :

<%= f.input :xyz, :label => "Select a number:",:collection => ["twenty.","forty"],

  :as => :radio%>

where xyz is a boolean field, so when i submit my form and check in the database it shows the selection as false even though i've selected a radio button and there's also a validates presence of

[Gautam Pai]

What do you get in the params?

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[Colin Law]

On 7 March 2013 12:27, NN Dodhia <aca1...@sheffield.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi i have this code :
> <%= f.input :xyz, :label => "Select a number:",:collection =>
> ["twenty.","forty"],
> :as => :radio%>

Can you point to the docs for the use of :as => :radio in that way, I
can't seem to find it.

>
> where xyz is a boolean field, so when i submit my form and check in the
> database it shows the selection as false even though i've selected a radio
> button and there's also a validates presence of

Note that false is a value, so validates presence of will be quite
happy with false. It is not the same as nil.

Colin