# Adding new Method in Controller

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adding-new-method-in-controller/157507>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 12, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adding-new-method-in-controller/157507 "2009-01-12T13:32:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![subha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@subha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/subha)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adding-new-method-in-controller/157507/1 "2009-01-12T13:32:30Z")

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While adding a new functionality in controller it gives me “Unknown  
action” error.

Can anyone help me

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**Author:** ![subha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@subha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/subha)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adding-new-method-in-controller/157507/2 "2009-01-12T13:35:53Z")

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On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Subha Thamizhselvan \<  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\> wrote:

> While adding a new functionality in controller it gives me “Unknown  
> action” error.
> 
> ## Can anyone help me
> 
> Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).

Subha

This could be because you haven’t correctly named/called your action or  
you  
have restful routes on this controller.  
This question is best asked on the rails list -  
[http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk)

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