Hey all,

layout_helper.rb:

  def table(collection, header_names, fields, class_name)
      return false unless collection.any?
      table_str = ""
  table_str += "<table id=\"" + class_name + "\" class=\"" + class_name
+ "\">\n"
    table_str += "\t<thead>\n"
      table_str += "\t\t<tr>\n"
        header_names.each do |name|
          table_str += "\t\t\t<th>"
          table_str += name
          table_str += "</th>\n"
        end
      table_str += "\t\t</tr>\n"
    table_str += "\t</thead>\n"
    table_str += "\t<tbody>\n"
      collection.each do |col|
        table_str += "\t\t<tr>\n"
          fields.each do |name|
            table_str += "\t\t\t<td>\n"
              table_str += col[name].to_s
            table_str += "\t\t\t</td>\n"
          end
        table_str += "\t\t</tr>\n"
      end
    table_str += "\t</tbody>\n"
  table_str += "</table>\n"

   end

users_controller.rb:

  def index
    @users = User.find(:all,:order => 'id ASC')
    @headers = ["id","Email","Name","Company","Telephone"]
    @fields = [:id, :email,:last_name,:company,:telephone]
  end

users/index.html.erb:
<%= table(@users, @headers, @fields,'table_class') %>

What the above does is render a big string of what I am wanting to
display as html markup. If I add puts(table_str) to the helper method,
then nothing gets rendered on the page.

Any idea what I am doing wrong?

Thanks for response.

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