Quick Q: How to add a blank category to Category.find_all?

Hi,

The app I'm currently building is my first attempt at a full RoR website. I've got most of my multi-level category system working how I would like (acts_as_nested_set is great!) but there is one little thing I've got stuck on:

In my new category function I have the following code:

Code:

---

def new
    @category = Category.new
    @categories = Category.find_all
end

---

This works great for having a Category dropdown where I can select the new category's parent, however it doesn't let me create a new category as a root-level item.

How can I add a blank (or equivalient root-level) item to the beginning of @categories?

I know it's probably simple but I havn't seen any mention of this in tutorials or books so far so I'm sure others like me will find the answer useful.

Thanks,
Kev

Try creating a category with parent 0.

you could use options_from_collection_for_select and then manually wrap it with a select tag, so you can add extra options yourself..