This plugin make model acts like select options

Installation

In your rails directory:

script/plugin install http://janx.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/acts_as_options

How To Use

After installed, add the 'acts_as_options' line to your model:

class Brand
  acts_as_options
end

By default ActsAsOptions suppose you have a 'name' column and a 'id' column in your table, you can change this of course(see below).

After the declaration whenever you need options for a select in form, simply:

f.select :brands, Brand.find_as_options

or

select_tag :brands, Brand.find_as_options

you can specify the name and value column when declaration or find:

Specify when declare:

acts_as_options :stub, :id # will generate <option value='<%= brand.id %>'><%= brand.stub %></option>

Specify when use: Brand.find_as_options :stub, :id