rails collection_select vs. select

Question

collection_select and select Rails helpers: Which one should I use?

I can\'t see a difference in both ways. Both helpers take a collection and

Answer 1

I have written something on that a while back, have a look at http://nasir.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/not-binding-your-selection-list-to-a-particular-model-in-rails/

Hope that helps