capybara select by value

gistfile1.txt

def select_by_value(id, value)
  option_xpath = "//*[@id='#{id}']/option[@value='#{value}']"
  option = find(:xpath, option_xpath).text
  select(option, :from => id)
end

Save in a .rb file in spec/support/ (Optional)

Example use:
before do
  select_by_value 'some_field_id', 'value'
end