# Dont want to display all column created by scaffold

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dont-want-to-display-all-column-created-by-scaffold/145270>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 7, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dont-want-to-display-all-column-created-by-scaffold/145270 "2008-08-07T12:34:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dharmdip)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dont-want-to-display-all-column-created-by-scaffold/145270/1 "2008-08-07T12:34:33Z")

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hi i have generated page with scaffolding but i don want to show all  
column which are showed by default using scaffolding utility . is there  
any way ? to view customize display tables columns apart from this in  
show method or view ?  
waiting for answer …

Thanks in advance !

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**Author:** ![dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dharmdip)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dont-want-to-display-all-column-created-by-scaffold/145270/2 "2008-08-07T12:46:46Z")

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On 7 Aug 2008, at 11:34, dharmdip rathod wrote:

> hi i have generated page with scaffolding but i don want to show all  
> column which are showed by default using scaffolding utility . is  
> there  
> any way ? to view customize display tables columns apart from this in  
> show method or view ?  
> waiting for answer …

Just remove the appropriate bits from the view file.

Fred

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**Author:** ![dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dharmdip)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dont-want-to-display-all-column-created-by-scaffold/145270/3 "2008-08-07T12:49:23Z")

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Frederick C. wrote:

> On 7 Aug 2008, at 11:34, dharmdip rathod wrote:
> 
> > hi i have generated page with scaffolding but i don want to show all  
> > column which are showed by default using scaffolding utility . is  
> > there  
> > any way ? to view customize display tables columns apart from this in  
> > show method or view ?  
> > waiting for answer …
> 
> Just remove the appropriate bits from the view file.
> 
> Fred

sorry !  
but for display columns auto generated code is this  
**\<%= column.human\_name %\>  
and how can i remove this ?**

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**Author:** ![dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dharmdip)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dont-want-to-display-all-column-created-by-scaffold/145270/4 "2008-08-07T19:30:45Z")

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Frederick C. wrote:

> On 7 Aug 2008, at 11:34, dharmdip rathod wrote:
> 
> > hi i have generated page with scaffolding but i don want to show all  
> > column which are showed by default using scaffolding utility . is  
> > there  
> > any way ? to view customize display tables columns apart from this in  
> > show method or view ?  
> > waiting for answer …
> 
> Just remove the appropriate bits from the view file.
> 
> Fred

From my point of view instead of using \<%= column.human\_name %\>, you  
just use this

\<% for about in @abouts = About.find(:all) %\>  
\<%= about.field %\>  
\<% end %\>

you access specific field (name,…). i think this may help you.

Priyanka P.  
Software Engineer  
Gloscon

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**Author:** ![dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dharmdip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dharmdip)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dont-want-to-display-all-column-created-by-scaffold/145270/5 "2008-08-07T13:31:57Z")

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On Aug 7, 11:49 am, Dharmdip R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> > Just remove the appropriate bits from the view file.
> 
> > Fred
> 
> sorry !  
> but for display columns auto generated code is this  
> **\<%= column.human\_name %\>  
> and how can i remove this ?**

 

Ah you’re still using the old scaffold, in which case it’s not that  
easy. I suppose you could overide content\_columns not to return the  
columns you don’t want to display.

Fred