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select_tag doesn't generate options tag properly

#5755

On Windows XP 64 bits, using Rails 3.0 with Ruby 1.9.2, I could not create select_tag as it is explained in the API;

<%=select_tag "count", "<option>1</option><option>2</option><option>3</option><option>4</option>"%>

the generated source code is as follows:

 <select id="count" name="count">&lt;option&gt;1&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option&gt;2&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option&gt;3&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option&gt;4&lt;/option&gt;</select>

When using the same syntax on Rails 2.3.8 and Ruby 1.8.6; everything works as needed.

Edited by Rohit Arondekar for formatting.

Reported by Javix · October 4th, 2010 @ 10:30 AM

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Javix
I had to add 'html_save' on option I passed:
```
<p>
    <%= select_tag "colors", "<option>Red</option><option>Green</option><option>Blue</option>".html_safe%>
  </p>
```
Would it be better to add it in the code source file actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb, at lines 103 and 105 to 'option_tags' variable:
```
line 103: option_tags = "<option value=\"\">#{blank}</option>".html_safe + option_tags
line 105: option_tags = "<option value=\"\"></option>".html_safe + option_tags
```
or one need to specify it always implicitly?

Edited by Rohit Arondekar for formatting.
October 4th, 2010 @ 10:59 AM
Rohit Arondekar
- State changed from new to invalid
- Importance changed from to Low
Yes you need to mark a string as html_safe if you don't want it to be escaped. You can find more information in this excellent Railscast(ASCIIcast direct link)

October 4th, 2010 @ 06:39 PM