ruby on rails - Selecting belongs_to parents in a form? -

ruby on rails - Selecting belongs_to parents in a form? -

imagine have this:

class employer < activerecord::base has_many :employees end class employee < activerecord::base belongs_to :employer end

and want create new employee, , give form with drop downwards box, can select employer wish associate with. dropdown should list every employer in system. how can this?

thanks.

i think haven't understood association does. or haven't understood want.

if want display employers in view, have fetch them in corresponding controller action , save in instance variable. can access contents within view.

controller action:

@employers = employer.all ...

corresponding view:

<%= collection_select @employers %>

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