On 30 April 2011 16:40, amrit pal pathak <amritpalpath...@gmail.com> wrote: > This time i read scaffold tutorial very carefully and finally try to > generate a form without using the scaffold(just used a controller and > view ).what i have done till now ,is as follow.Using rails 3.0.7. > > "rails generate controller posts > index" > > 1) post_controller.rb > > class PostsController < ApplicationController > def index > @post=Post.new
Why are you making a post in the index action? This action should just be showing posts. > end > def create > @post = Post.new(params[:post]) > respond_to do |format| > end > end > end > > 2)index.html.erb > > <h1>Posts#index</h1> > <p>Find me in app/views/posts/index.html.erb</p> > <%= link_to 'New Post', new_post_path%> > <%= form_for(@post) do |f| %> > <div class="field"> > <%= f.label :name %><br /> > <%= f.text_field :name %> > </div> > <div class="field"> > <%= f.label :title %><br /> > <%= f.text_field :title %> > </div> > <div class="field"> > <%= f.label :content %><br /> > <%= f.text_area :content %> > </div> > <div class="actions"> > <%= f.submit %> > </div> > <% end %> > > i didnt create any model because i just > want to create a simple form first.so when i brower to "localhost:3000/ > posts/index", it says > > "uninitialized constant PostsController::Post You have not told us which line is failing, but I guess it is the one that says @post=Post.new which says make a new Post object, but since you have not written the Post model how can it make a Post object? You cannot make a form for an object without defining the model first. form_for( @post ) makes a form for the object @post. Colin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
