I use simple_form gem to select country:
= simple_form_for @shop, :url => { :action => "create" }, :html => {:id => 'new_shop' } do |f|
= f.simple_fields_for :address, :html => {:multipart => true} do |o|
= o.input :country, :label => "Country"
But the name of the country is being saved in short format in the database (like RU, FR, AU, and so on).
I wonder, how can I show the full, long name of the country in the views? Thanks!
Actually is a good idea saving the country code in the database (not the long name) because I18n. Having the code you can get later the name as follows:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
# Assuming country_select is used with User attribute `country_code`
# This will attempt to translate the country name and use the default
# (usually English) name if no translation is available
def country_name
country = ISO3166::Country[country_code]
country.translations[I18n.locale.to_s] || country.name
end
end
Check: country_select: Getting the Country Name from the countries gem
This worked really nicely for me (I had occasional nils and "").
In application_helper.rb:
def country_name(country_code)
unless country_code.nil? || country_code == ""
country = ISO3166::Country[country_code]
country.translations[I18n.locale.to_s] || country.common_name || country.iso_short_name
end
end
In the view
<%= country_name(@user.country_code) %>
It's based on the country_select docs.
arr = ["AU", "US", nil, ""]
arr.map{ |country_code| country_name(country_code) }
# => ["Australia", "United States", nil, nil]
