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Hello
am a newbie :)
am developing a portal for employees company. there is an edit form that
allows employees to change their  information ( phone number, address,
etc)
here is the employees controller

  def contact_information
  current_user= session[:login]

    @contact_information= Employee.find_by_sql( "select * from employees
where id='#{current_user}'")
  end



in the form i have :


 <% for obj in @contact_information%>
<table width="90%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
  <tr>
    <td width="52%" height="160">
      <table width="93%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
class="subtable">
        <%  form_tag   :action => 'save_contact_information',
:employee=>@employee  do    %>
        <tr  >
          <th height="28" colspan="2" >Work</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td width="32%" height="22"  >Work Location</td>
          <td width="68%"><%= text_field 'employee', 'work_location'
,:maxlength => 50,:size=>25,:value=>obj.work_location  %></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td height="19" >Work State</td>
          <td><%= text_field 'employee', 'work_state_id'  ,:maxlength =>
50,:size=>25%></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td height="19" >Work Phone</td>
          <td><%= text_field 'employee', 'work_phone'  ,:maxlength =>
50,:size=>25,:value=>obj.work_phone  %></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td height="19" >Mobile Phone</td>
          <td><%= text_field 'employee', 'mobile_phone'  ,:maxlength =>
50,:size=>25,:value=>obj.mobile_phone  %></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td height="19" >Work Fax</td>
          <td><%= text_field 'employee', 'work_fax'  ,:maxlength =>
50,:size=>25,:value=>obj.work_fax  %></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td height="19" >Work Email</td>
          <td ><%= text_field 'employee', 'work_email'  ,:maxlength =>
50,:size=>25,:value=>obj.work_email  %></td>
        </tr>


      </table>

    </td>
    <td width="48%" rowspan="2" valign="top"> <table width="99%"
border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
class="subtable">
        <tr>
          <th height="28" colspan="2" > <legend>Permanent
Home</legend></th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td width="38%">Address 1</td>
          <td width="62%"><%= text_field 'employee', 'street_address1'
,:maxlength => 50,:size=>25,:value=>obj.street_address1  %></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Address 2</td>
          <td><%= text_field 'employee', 'street_address2'  ,:maxlength
=> 50,:size=>25,:value=>obj.street_address2  %></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>City</td>
          <td><%= text_field 'employee', 'city'  ,:maxlength =>
50,:size=>25,:value=>obj.city%></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>State</td>
          <td><%= select 'employee','state_id', State.find(:all).collect
{|c| [c.state_name, c.id]},{:selected=>obj.state_id}%></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Postal code</td>
          <td><%= text_field 'employee', 'postal_code'  ,:maxlength =>
50,:size=>25,:value=>obj.postal_code%></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Country</td>
          <td><%= country_select 'employee', 'country' %></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Home Phone </td>
          <td><%= text_field 'employee', 'home_phone'  ,:maxlength =>
50,:size=>25,:value=>obj.home_phone%></td>
        </tr>

      </table></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="142">
      <table width="93%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
class="subtable">
        <tr>
          <th height="28" colspan="2">Current Home</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td width="43%">Address 1</td>
          <td width="57%"><%= text_field 'employee',
'present_street_address1'  ,:maxlength =>
50,:size=>25,:value=>obj.present_street_address1  %></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Address 2</td>
          <td><%= text_field 'employee', 'present_street_address2'
,:maxlength => 50,:size=>25,:value=>obj.present_street_address2  %></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>city</td>
          <td><%= text_field 'employee', 'present_city'  ,:maxlength =>
50,:size=>25,:value=>obj.present_city%></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>State</td>
          <td><%= select 'employee','present_state_id',
State.find(:all).collect {|c| [c.state_name,
c.id]},{:selected=>obj.present_state_id}%></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Postal code</td>
          <td><%= text_field 'employee', 'present_postal_code'
,:maxlength => 50,:size=>25,:value=>obj.present_postal_code%></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Country</td>
          <td><%= country_select 'employee', 'present_country'  %></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Mobile Phone</td>
          <td><%= text_field 'employee', 'mobile_phone'  ,:maxlength =>
50,:size=>25,:value=>obj.mobile_phone%></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Personal Email</td>
          <td><%= text_field 'employee', 'personal_email'  ,:maxlength
=> 50,:size=>25,:value=>obj.personal_email%></td>
        </tr>
      </table></td>
  </tr>
  <tr align="center" valign="middle">
    <td colspan="2"><%= submit_tag "Save all changes"%></td>
  </tr>
</table>
 <%end%>
 <%end%>



the problem is when an employee open this page, countrie_selct always
shows the first country ( Afghanistan) while it should show something
else ( India for example), as well as for states.
any help will be much appreciated
Thank you
Feras,