# Forms help **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 11, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forms-help/128728 "2008-02-11T02:37:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![athel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/839c29/32.png) [@athel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/athel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forms-help/128728/1 "2008-02-11T02:37:18Z")
Ok, so in the middle of learning Ruby, things jumped to 2.0.2 and now i’m having to relearn. I can’t find any answers on this. in new.rhtml.erb I have the following code: \<%= error\_messages\_for :failure %\> \<% form\_for(@failure) do |f| %\> \<%= render :partial =\> “form”, :locals =\> { :f =\> f, :button =\> “Create” } %\> \<% end %\> – I created a new file named: \_form.rhtml.rb and and have the following: **Bus unit** \<%= f.text\_field :bus\_unit %\> **Pro num** \<%= f.text\_field :pro\_num %\> **Ship num** \<%= f.text\_field :ship\_num %\> **Rbna num** \<%= f.text\_field :rbna\_num %\> – Basically I moved what was automatically generated by the scaffolding to the new file \_form.rhtml.erb. I did this because I plan on changing the “Bus Unit” to a drop down box with 3 options. Everything I’ve found suggest that this is how I need to do it. However, I get the following error: Couldn’t find template file for failures/\_form in [“C:/apps/yrcsphere/ app/views”] (If you want, you can find more at [http://athel.homeftp.net/failures/new](http://athel.homeftp.net/failures/new) ). What am I doing wrong? Where can I find any documentation on scaffolding/rails and making forms? Thanks ~Athel ---
**Author:** ![athel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/839c29/32.png) [@athel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/athel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forms-help/128728/2 "2008-02-11T03:20:03Z")
On 2/10/08, Athel [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > “Create” } %\> > \<% end %\> > > – > > I created a new file named: \_form.rhtml.rb and and have the following: ## Is that a typo? It should be \_form.html.erb Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/) ---
**Author:** ![athel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/839c29/32.png) [@athel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/athel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forms-help/128728/3 "2008-02-11T03:23:34Z")
Yes, its a typo, sorry, I have it named \_form.rhtml.erb ---
**Author:** ![athel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/839c29/32.png) [@athel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/athel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forms-help/128728/4 "2008-02-11T03:32:22Z")
On 2/10/08, Athel [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Yes, its a typo, sorry, I have it named \_form.rhtml.erb Okay, so directory is it in, and what’s the controller? – Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/) ---
**Author:** ![athel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/839c29/32.png) [@athel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/athel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forms-help/128728/5 "2008-02-11T03:46:30Z")
its in the directory of: C:\apps\yrcsphere\app\views\failures and the controller is C:\apps\yrcsphere\app\controllers\failures\_controller.rb ---
**Author:** ![athel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/839c29/32.png) [@athel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/athel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forms-help/128728/6 "2008-02-11T18:36:33Z")
On 11 Feb 2008, at 02:22, Athel wrote: > Yes, its a typo, sorry, I have it named \_form.rhtml.erb That’s still wrong. \_form.html.erb is what it should be Fred ---
**Author:** ![athel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/839c29/32.png) [@athel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/athel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forms-help/128728/7 "2008-02-11T14:51:47Z")
On 2/10/08, Athel [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > its in the directory of: > > C:\apps\yrcsphere\app\views\failures > > and the controller is > > C:\apps\yrcsphere\app\controllers\failures\_controller.rb Hmm, that all sounds right to me. I’d suggest checking permissions on the file, but since I see you’re on Windows, I’m not sure that makes sense either. – Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/) ---
**Author:** ![athel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/839c29/32.png) [@athel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/athel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forms-help/128728/8 "2008-02-11T19:44:21Z")
I am so sorry. That fixed it. When you said typo, I checked my original post and was missing the e in \*erb. Renaming it to \_form.html.erb completely fixed it. Thank you all. ---
**Author:** ![athel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/839c29/32.png) [@athel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/athel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forms-help/128728/9 "2008-02-11T18:55:27Z")
On 2/11/08, Frederick C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > Yes, its a typo, sorry, I have it named \_form.rhtml.erb > > That’s still wrong. \_form.html.erb is what it should be Good catch Fred, I’d assumed he was saying that it was named as I’d suggested. – Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/)