Setting default radio button on edit

Question

So I'm trying to setup scaffolding to use radio buttons for the format button. It definitely works to add a new and edit. The problem is when I go to edit an entry the correct radio button isn't selected by default.

<% form_for(@cinema) do |f| %>
<%= f.error_messages %>

<p>
  <%= f.label :title %><br />
  <%= f.text_field :title %>
</p>
<p>
  <%= f.label :director %><br />
  <%= f.text_field :director %>
</p>
<p>
  <%= f.label :release_date %><br />
  <%= f.date_select :release_date, :start_year => 1900, :end_year => 2010 %>
</p>
<p>
  <%= f.label :running_time %><br />
  <%= f.text_field :running_time %>
</p>
<p>Blockquote
  <%= f.label :format %><br />
  <%= f.radio_button :format, "black & white" %>
  <%= label :format_bw, "Black & White" %>
  <%= f.radio_button :format, "color" %>
  <%= label :format_color, "Color" %>
</p>
<p>
  <%= f.submit 'Create' %>
</p>

<% end %>

Controller

  def edit
    @cinema = Cinema.find(params[:id])
  end

Model

class Cinema < ActiveRecord::Base
validates_presence_of :title, :on => :create
validates_presence_of :title, :on => :update
#
validates_presence_of :director, :on => :create
validates_presence_of :director, :on => :update
#
validates_presence_of :release_date, :on => :create
validates_presence_of :release_date, :on => :update
#
validates_presence_of :format, :on => :create
validates_presence_of :format, :on => :update
#
validates_presence_of :running_time, :on => :create
validates_presence_of :running_time, :on => :update 
validates_numericality_of :running_time, :on => :create, :on => :update, :less_than_or_equal_to => 300, :greater_than => 0
 end

Answer 1

When you create a new record of whatever model you're rendering a form for, and don't give it a value for format, what will its value be? If it's nil, then that's your problem, since none of those checkboxes are "blank". You need to set up your database to give a default value to format that matches one of your radio button values.