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    def generic_select (item, default, object, method, options = {})
      obj = options[:object] || instance_variable_get("@#{object}")
      value = options[:value] || (obj.nil? ? obj : obj.send(method))
      value = value.to_s
      options[:size] = options[:size] || default unless default.blank?
      text_field(object, method, options) + '<div class="' + item + '_autocomplete autocomplete"></div>'
    end
  
    def generic_tag_select (item, default, name, value = nil, options = {})
      value = value.to_s
      options[:size] = options[:size] || default unless default.blank?
      text_field_tag(name, value, options) + '<div class="' + item +'_autocomplete autocomplete"></div>'    
    end
    
    set = {'customer'=>'','owner'=>'','patient'=>'','sales_person'=>'','make'=>'15','model'=>'15','size'=>'3','width'=>'3','supplier'=>'15'}
    
    set.each do |item,default|
      #Somewhere in here, I need to define item_tag_select and item_select for everything in the set
    end