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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 15, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-render-normal-rhtml-page-without-active-record/106893 "2007-06-15T04:10:20Z")\
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**Author:**  [@fritz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fritz)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-render-normal-rhtml-page-without-active-record/106893/1 "2007-06-15T04:10:20Z")
hi all, I’m very new to RoR and need some help over here.
from what i learnt from the tutorials, I understand that it’s very
easy to create, update, update, and delete data to and from the DB and
load everything to the ‘view’ rhtml pages. but now i’m confused when i
only want to load a normal home page that will not access any data
from the DB. must I create the active record as well?
any suggestion is appreciated.
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**Author:**  [@fritz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fritz)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 5:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-render-normal-rhtml-page-without-active-record/106893/2 "2007-06-15T05:31:06Z")
fRitZ wrote:
> hi all, I’m very new to RoR and need some help over here.
>
> from what i learnt from the tutorials, I understand that it’s very
> easy to create, update, update, and delete data to and from the DB and
> load everything to the ‘view’ rhtml pages. but now i’m confused when i
> only want to load a normal home page that will not access any data
> from the DB. must I create the active record as well?
>
> any suggestion is appreciated.
Here is what you can do:
If you are trying to do this for your default home page you must do the
following:
a) delete the index.html page in your public directory, go into your
routes.rb file and set up a route to the page you would like the default
page to be:
Here is what I did:
map.connect ‘’, :controller =\> “index”, :action=\>“index”
What this means is for the default page redirect the request to the
index controller and look for the index method. You will have to set up
a index.rhtml page in the view directory called index.
If you are just trying to do this for any page:
set up a controller (call it whatever you would like). Inside your
controller create a method (call it whatever you would like also). Then
create a page in your view folder that matches the method name in your
controller that you created.
Hope this helps. If not, let me know.
thanks.
Mike
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**Author:**  [@fritz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fritz)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-render-normal-rhtml-page-without-active-record/106893/3 "2007-06-15T05:48:27Z")
wow, thx for the reply. i guess it gives me some enlightment. yes, i
was referring to some kind of index or home page. i will try it once i
reach home. may need further help later on. 🙂
On Jun 15, 11:31 am, Mike R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)