Fast decision
You can use multiple selections as follows:
f.select :tags, @model.tags, {include_blank: 'Please Select'}, {multiple: true, class: 'selectpicker chosen-select'}
Or use the join method for an array to return a string separated by a special string, as follows:
<%= f.text_field :tags, class: "updInp", value: @model.tags.join(,) %>
ti t.column t.string :
t.column :tags, array: true,default: []
method-i-column, .