Form

form.html

<%= form_for @video, :url => {:action => (@video.new_record? ? 'name_video' : 'update'),
                              :id => (@video.new_record? ? nil : @video)} do |f| %>
  <div id='columnForm'>
    <fieldset>
      <legend>
        Video Information
      </legend>

    <label for="source_code">Video Source:
      <%= f.collection_select('video_source_id',
          VideoSource.find(:all).collect, 'id', 'description') %>
    </label>

    <label for="producer">Producer (First initial + last name. Ex. Bob Smith = bsmith):
      <%= f.text_field  :producer, 
                        :size => 25,
                        :maxlength => '15',
                        :readonly => @readonly,
                        :value => @video.producer %>
    </label>

      <label for="expert">Expert (First initial + last name):
        <%= f.text_field 'expert_nt_name', 
              :size => 25, :maxlength => '15', :readonly => @readonly, :value => @video.expert_nt_name %>
      </label>

      <label for="topic">Topic/City Name (Used in the filename):
        <%= f.text_field 'topic', 
              :size => 25, :maxlength => '30', :readonly => @readonly, :value => @video.topic %>
        <span style="font-size:9px">Yahoo Video Cities: chicago, cleveland, dallas, detroit, newyork, sanfrancisco, southbay</span>
      </label>

      <label for="format">Date (mm-dd-yy):
        <%= f.text_field 'format', 
              :size => 25, :maxlength => '10', :readonly => @readonly, :value => @video.format %>
      </label>

      <label for="bitrate">Bit Rate:
        <%= f.select('bitrate', Video.bitrate_choices, {:include_blank => "Choose..."}) %>
      </label>

      <label for="category">Video Categories:
        <select id="video_category_ids" name="video[category_ids][]" multiple="multiple" size="15" >
          <option value="0">Select one</option>
          <% Category.root_level.each do |top_cat| -%>
            <% if @video.categories.include?(top_cat) -%>
              <option value="<%= top_cat.id %>" selected="selected" data-parent='false'><%= h(top_cat.name) %></option>
            <% else -%>
              <option value="<%= top_cat.id %>" data-parent='false'><%= h(top_cat.name) %></option>
            <% end -%>

            <%=              
              $selection_output = ""
              Category.build_children_selection_option_tree(top_cat, 0, 'no', @video) 
              raw $selection_output
            %>
          <% end -%>
        </select>
      </label>

      <div id="prim_cat" <%= 'style="display:none;"' unless @video.primary_category_id.present? %>>
        <%= render(:partial => "shared/primary_categories", 
      	           :locals => {:f => f,:primary_categories => @primary_categories,
      		         :primary_subcategories => @primary_subcategories}) %>
      </div>

      <label for="title">Title for the Video Series (Displayed to users):
        <%= f.text_area 'title', :rows => 3, :cols => '50', 
              :readonly => @readonly, :value => @video.title %><br />
      </label>

      <label for="description">Brief description for the Video Series:
        <%= f.text_area 'description', :rows => 3, :cols => '50', 
              :readonly => @readonly, :value => @video.description %><br />
      </label>

      <label for="is_interview">Interview video?
        <%= f.check_box 'is_interview', {}, @video.is_interview %>
      </label>

      <label for="is_private">Private video? (News clips, profiles, etc.)
        <%= f.check_box 'is_private', {}, @video.is_private %>
      </label>

      <label for="suppress_ads">Hide ads for this video? (Should be rarely used)
        <%= f.check_box 'suppress_ads', {}, @video.suppress_ads %>
      </label>

      <label for="is_for_yahoo">Yahoo video? (15 day delay to go live)
        <%= f.check_box 'is_for_yahoo', {}, @video.is_for_yahoo %>
      </label>

    <% unless @readonly %>
      <%= submit_tag 'Submit' %>
    <% end %>
    </fieldset>
  </div>
<% end %>

Processing by VideoController#update as HTML (pid:44888)
Parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"NCdmHBn9ipUhRRl4dYEnGQV2vSvms6Aq3S65rWLPdWI=", "video"=>{"video_source_id"=>"1", "producer"=>"testAmerico", "expert_nt_name"=>"Americo", "topic"=>"testTopic", "format"=>"06-20-13", "bitrate"=>"900", "category_ids"=>["1"], "primary_category_id"=>"1", "title"=>"TestTitle", "description"=>"TestDescriptionX", "is_interview"=>"0", "is_private"=>"0", "suppress_ads"=>"0", "is_for_yahoo"=>"0"}, "commit"=>"Submit", "id"=>"9654-testtitle"} (pid:44888)