# Globalize howto

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 8, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-howto/59924 "2006-05-08T18:58:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-howto/59924/1 "2006-05-08T18:58:41Z")

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Anybody who can help with a step by step howto in using globalize…

I followed this example:  
[http://globalize-rails.org/wiki/pages/example](http://globalize-rails.org/wiki/pages/example)

First I’ve created the database for use in my application:

CREATE TABLE `products` (  
`id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto\_increment,  
`name` varchar(12) NOT NULL default ‘’,  
`type` enum(‘Brace’,‘Belt’,‘Belt SoB’) default NULL,  
`collection` tinyint(3) unsigned default NULL,  
`statistics` tinyint(3) unsigned default NULL,  
`quality` enum(‘One layer grain’,‘One layer split’,‘Grain lined with  
grain’,‘Split lined with split’,‘Grain lined with split’) default NULL,  
`sizes`  
set(‘85’,‘90’,‘95’,‘100’,‘105’,‘110’,‘115’,‘120’,‘130’,‘140’,‘150’,‘160’)  
default NULL,  
`description` text NOT NULL,  
`comment` text NOT NULL,  
`image` blob,  
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),  
UNIQUE KEY `id` (`id`),  
KEY `id_2` USING BTREE (`id`)  
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

Then I used a “script/generate scaffold product” to generate a general  
template for my beginners application.

Now the description field in the database products should be available  
in 3 or more languages. So I found that using Globalize would be a nice  
idea.

Then I edited the app/models/product.rb file to be:  
class Product \< ActiveRecord::Base  
translates :description  
end

then I used the  
script/plugin install  
[http://svn.globalize-rails.org/svn/globalize/globalize/trunk](http://svn.globalize-rails.org/svn/globalize/globalize/trunk)

and  
script/generate globalize tiny  
rake migrate

a lot of stuff happened in my mysql database, but know the question is  
how to use the globalize plugin.  
They give a test-class in the example given, but I don’t really gain any  
knowledge from that.

Anybody who can help how to get my “description” multiple language  
available - how should the controller look like and how should the view  
be handled?

Thanks