# Bug in Rails 2.1.0 rendering partial "counter" starts at 1? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 1, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-in-rails-2-1-0-rendering-partial-counter-starts-at-1/139209 "2008-06-01T21:33:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eric99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@eric99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eric99)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-in-rails-2-1-0-rendering-partial-counter-starts-at-1/139209/1 "2008-06-01T21:33:35Z")
I just upgraded to Rails 2.1 and found that the “counter” property that exists while rendering a collection using a partial now starts at 1, instead of 0 (as before). I verified that this was working in Rails 2.0.2, but it has changed in 2.1. If you have a dependency on this, be careful. ---
**Author:** ![eric99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@eric99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eric99)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-in-rails-2-1-0-rendering-partial-counter-starts-at-1/139209/2 "2008-06-02T17:43:14Z")
Eric Ly wrote: > I just upgraded to Rails 2.1 and found that the “counter” property that > exists while rendering a collection using a partial now starts at 1, > instead of 0 (as before). I verified that this was working in Rails > 2.0.2, but it has changed in 2.1. If you have a dependency on this, be > careful. That’s got to be a bug, right? Have you found any release notes that discuss this? ---
**Author:** ![eric99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@eric99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eric99)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-in-rails-2-1-0-rendering-partial-counter-starts-at-1/139209/3 "2008-06-02T20:21:11Z")
Cayce B. wrote: > That’s got to be a bug, right? Have you found any release notes that > discuss this? No, its a feature. According to lifo in #rails-contrib this is the desired behaviour. I agree btw. even if I have to change some partials now. ---
**Author:** ![eric99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@eric99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eric99)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-in-rails-2-1-0-rendering-partial-counter-starts-at-1/139209/4 "2008-06-02T22:23:41Z")
Jan Schwenzien wrote: > Cayce B. wrote: > > > That’s got to be a bug, right? Have you found any release notes that > > discuss this? > > No, its a feature. According to lifo in #rails-contrib this is the > desired behaviour. I agree btw. even if I have to change some partials > now. It’s not so much about the work that needs to be done to change things - those issues are easily found/changed. To me, it’s a fundamental language thing. Maybe I’m just a purist. Ruby as a language counts from zero. IMHO Rails should in this case operate the same as the basics of the underlying language. That being said, and me not being a contributor, I’m off to fix my code. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![eric99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@eric99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eric99)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-in-rails-2-1-0-rendering-partial-counter-starts-at-1/139209/5 "2008-06-13T21:57:10Z")
Cayce B. wrote: > Jan Schwenzien wrote: > > > Cayce B. wrote: > > > > > That’s got to be a bug, right? Have you found any release notes that > > > discuss this? > > > > No, its a feature. According to lifo in #rails-contrib this is the > > desired behaviour. I agree btw. even if I have to change some partials > > now. > > It’s not so much about the work that needs to be done to change things - > those issues are easily found/changed. To me, it’s a fundamental > language thing. Maybe I’m just a purist. Ruby as a language counts from > zero. IMHO Rails should in this case operate the same as the basics of > the underlying language. > > That being said, and me not being a contributor, I’m off to fix my code. > 😉 I guess I went off to change code too soon. Looks like this has been fixed/reverted (however you see it). [http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/344-partial-counters-start-from-1-in-2-1](http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/344-partial-counters-start-from-1-in-2-1) Woot zero index!