# Clean up start\_form\_tag

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/clean-up-start-form-tag/118119>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 24, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/clean-up-start-form-tag/118119 "2007-10-24T01:58:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/clean-up-start-form-tag/118119/1 "2007-10-24T01:58:52Z")

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trying to clean up deprecated code and I’m snagged…

this works  
\<%= start\_form\_tag({:action =\> ‘vo\_res\_census’}, {:target =\> “\_new”}) %\>

this doesn’t  
\<%= form\_tag({:action =\> ‘vo\_res\_census’}, {:target =\> “\_new”}) do -%\>

compile error  
/home/storage/users/craig/svn/th-db/branches/phase5/config/…/app/views/reports/forms\_placements.rhtml:18:  
syntax error  
\_erbout.concat "

"; \_erbout.concat(( form\_tag({:action =\>  
‘vo\_res\_census’}, {:target =\> “\_new”}) do ).to\_s)

what am I missing?

–  
Craig W.

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**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 6:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/clean-up-start-form-tag/118119/2 "2007-10-24T06:19:26Z")

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\<% form\_tag({:action =\> ‘vo\_res\_census’}, {:target =\> “\_new”}) do -%\>

-Bill

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**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 7:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/clean-up-start-form-tag/118119/3 "2007-10-24T07:34:48Z")

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I see said the blind man…

wow…that simply had me buffaloed

thanks

Craig

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**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 8:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/clean-up-start-form-tag/118119/4 "2007-10-24T08:04:01Z")

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np, we have all been there 🙂