Unable to select a value from drop down in cucumber capybara

I am using cucumber with capybara to automate the web application. i have to select a value from a drop down , but many time i am getting an error like; "wrong argument type String (expected Array) (TypeError)" I tried with: 1. ``` second_option_xpath = ".//*[@id='selecttype']/option[2]" second_option = find(:xpath, second_option_xpath).text select(second_option, :from => 'selecttype') ``` 2. ``` select "Selenium Core", :from => 'selecttype' ``` 3. ``` page.find_and_select_option("selecttype", 2) ``` 4. ``` select( "selecttype", {"Selenium Core" => 2}) ``` PAGE SOURCE IS SOMETHING LIKE: ``` <select id="selecttype"> <option value="Selenium IDE">Selenium IDE</option> <option value="Selenium Code">Selenium Core</option> <option value="Selenium RC">Selenium RC</option> <option value="Selenium Grid">Selenium Grid</option> </select>" ``` Please suggest where i am doing wrong? Thanks