# ActiveScaffold and partials **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 22, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-and-partials/195414 "2010-09-22T23:43:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-and-partials/195414/1 "2010-09-22T23:43:38Z")
I was thinking of doing partials as I did in the simple Rails application I worked on today. But, since I’m using ActiveScaffold, I didn’t find any \*.html.erb in the views folder of the Rails application that I need to make my partials! How can I work with partials in ActiveScaffold? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-and-partials/195414/2 "2010-09-23T03:24:07Z")
I wrote a long answer about hour ago but i have a new phone and i think i didnt send it . Activescaffold is a rails app in it self it only uses your model, if you go to the vendor/plugin folder you will see it sitting there it has its own controllers and views , thats why your app is empty and thats why i dont recommend it because is going to confuse you. Active scaffold is used only in the admin section of the app. 2010/9/22, Abder-Rahman A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). – Enviado desde mi dispositivo móvil ---
**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-and-partials/195414/3 "2010-09-23T05:02:32Z")
Yes @radhames. I think especially as for me kind of still new RoR, I should go with learning and using RoR as is. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-and-partials/195414/4 "2010-09-23T17:21:47Z")
radhames brito wrote: > Watch the railscast about inherited\_resources at [railscasts.com](http://railscasts.com) > > 2010/9/22, Abder-Rahman A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > > > To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > > For more options, visit this group at > > [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). > > – > Enviado desde mi dispositivo m�vil Thanks @radhames. ---
**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-and-partials/195414/5 "2010-09-23T11:58:35Z")
Watch the railscast about inherited\_resources at [railscasts.com](http://railscasts.com) 2010/9/22, Abder-Rahman A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > For more options, visit this group at > [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). – Enviado desde mi dispositivo móvil ---
**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-and-partials/195414/6 "2010-09-23T20:10:38Z")
I think the solution to that was using “references” as shown in the example below: > **[How-To Setup ActiveScaffold with Rails 3.0](https://vhochstein.wordpress.com/2010/08/28/setup-activescaffold-rails-3/)** > > Rails 3.0 RC2 was recently released and it seems that we are really close to the official launch of Rails 3.0 I ve got great news for those of you who have already been using the ActiveScaffold Plu… ---
**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-and-partials/195414/7 "2010-09-23T20:30:20Z")
SW Engineer wrote: > I was thinking of doing partials as I did in the simple Rails > application I worked on today. > > But, since I’m using ActiveScaffold, I didn’t find any \*.html.erb in the > views folder of the Rails application that I need to make my partials! Right. ActiveScaffold is a plugin and has its own views folder (which you normally shouldn’t mess with). > How can I work with partials in ActiveScaffold? ActiveScaffold is essentially a simple database interface. Whatever you’re doing with partials should not normally involve ActiveScaffold. What are you trying to do here? > Thanks. ## Best, Marnen Laibow-Koser [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-and-partials/195414/8 "2010-09-23T22:40:53Z")
Thanks @Marnen. I think my issue was solved by the simple example here: > **[How-To Setup ActiveScaffold with Rails 3.0](https://vhochstein.wordpress.com/2010/08/28/setup-activescaffold-rails-3/)** > > Rails 3.0 RC2 was recently released and it seems that we are really close to the official launch of Rails 3.0 I ve got great news for those of you who have already been using the ActiveScaffold Plu… What I was trying to do with partials is that I have an “items” and “itemdetails” tables, and “items” “has\_many” “itemdetails”, and wanted the “itemdetails” to be AT THE SAME page of the “item”, since for each item, there are different “itemdetails”. And, my issue was solved when I inserted a column in “itemdetails”, namley, “item” and gave it the type “references” as follows: item:references I think it acts like a foreign key, and is the same as saying: item\_id:integer in ordinary Rails, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 9:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-and-partials/195414/9 "2010-09-24T09:39:30Z")
Reagarding “references”, I thought is was related to ActiveScaffold, but from here: > **[How-To Setup ActiveScaffold with Rails 3.0](https://vhochstein.wordpress.com/2010/08/28/setup-activescaffold-rails-3/)** > > Rails 3.0 RC2 was recently released and it seems that we are really close to the official launch of Rails 3.0 I ve got great news for those of you who have already been using the ActiveScaffold Plu… I was told it is pure Rails. Information on “references” can be found here: > **[Active Record Migrations — Ruby on Rails Guides](https://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_migrations.html)** > > Active Record MigrationsMigrations are a feature of Active Record that allows you to evolve your database schema over time. Rather than write schema modifications in pure SQL, migrations allow you to use a Ruby DSL to describe changes to your... Thanks.