Ruby on Rails -- assign a value to a checkbox

Question

I want to assign a value to a checkbox. The code below doesn't seem to work

Same Section <%= f.check_box :LSU_TYPE,  :value =>"Same Section" %>

Instead of storing 'Same Section' in the table, value '1' is stored when i check the box.

What am i doing wrong here?

Answer 1

@Kum this works for me:

<div><%= f.label :pay_with_card? %></br>
<%= f.check_box :pay_with_card,{}, "Yes", "No"%>  

good luck!

Answer 2

A checkbox is a boolean field. It can only accept 1 or 0, 'True' or 'False'.