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i am creating multiple drop down menus using <%= form.select(:choice, @list.map { | item | [ item[0], item[1] ] }) % this works great but when the client hits submit and there are other validation errors it resets the drop down menu. how do i maintain the selected item. my search for the options of the slect method has come up empty. @list is created in the controller and used in the view. can you not test :choice to see if the user has choose an item and then display the drop down with the correct item selected. thanks.

sorry, don't have the time to go into details right now, but maybe that'll help you a bit: <%= select_tag client[branch][] ,     options_for_select([['Automatisering','1'],                         ['Bouwnijverheid', '2'],                         ['Communicatie Intern', '3'], ['Communicatie Extern', '4'], ['Cultuur', '5'],                         ['Detailhandel food', '6'], ['Detailhandel non food', '7'], ['Drukkerij', '8'],                         ['Facilitaire dienst', '9'], ['Financiele dienstverlener', '10'],                         ['Gezondheidszorg', '11'],                         ['Handel', '12'],                         ['Industrie', '13'], ['IT', '14'],                         ['Mediabureau', '15'],                         ['Overheid', '16'], ['Onderwijs', '17'], ['Onderzoek', '18'],                         ['Reclamebureau', '19'], ['Recreatie & toerisme', '20'],                         ['Telecom', '21'], ['Transport sector', '22'],                         ['Uitgeverij dag-en weekbladen', '23'], ['Uitgeverij publieksbladen', '24'], ['Uitgeverij vakbladen', '25'],                         ['Uitgeverij relatiemagazines', '26'],                         ['Zakelijk adviesbureau', '27'], ['Overig', '28']], @client.branch), :multiple = true, ize = 7, :id = client_branch % in this case @client.branch holds an array of ids that are selected, but could be a single element too http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormOptionsHelp... options_from_collection_for_select may be another alternative and the choices parameter of form.select works just the same as options_for_select