Best practice for bound checkbox

[johan pretorius]

There are various solutions to be found for Haml checkbox
implementations, such as:

a) = check_box_tag

b) = check_box()

c) %input{:type =>

Which is the better option to use with bound data?

I've tried them all, and although I managed to update the database,
the conversion from the data to a ticked or blank checkbox is not
working (eg. the tickbox is not representing the database value, which
is either 1 or 0).

Just to clarify, the checkboxes do not have to be created dynamically
from another table.

much appreciated,

Johan

[Mislav Marohnić]

Your question is not about Haml at all. It's more about your model and view helpers of the framework you use.

I guess you use Rails and ActiveRecord, so the solution would be:

- form_for @model do |f|

  = f.check_box(:foo)

Nothing fancy, just that.

[johan pretorius]

Mislav:

> Your question is not about Haml at all. It's more about your model and view
> helpers of the framework you use.

Sure, now that you mention it.

> I guess you use Rails and ActiveRecord, so the solution would be:

I'm actually using Merb & Datamapper, but you've pointed me in the
right direction.

> - form_for @model do |f|
> = f.check_box(:foo)
>
> Nothing fancy, just that.

I'll give it a try, thanks.