# I have a big problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-have-a-big-problem/172118>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 15, 2009, 6:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-have-a-big-problem/172118 "2009-07-15T06:24:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![adsouzp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/df788c/32.png) [@adsouzp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adsouzp)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 6:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-have-a-big-problem/172118/1 "2009-07-15T06:24:25Z")

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No database content shows in Internet Explorer! It works on other major  
browsers but not IE. What do I do?

> **[LushDeals.com is for sale | HugeDomains](https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=lushdeals.com)**
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> This domain is for sale! Fast and easy shopping. Trusted and secure since 2005.

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**Author:** ![adsouzp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/df788c/32.png) [@adsouzp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adsouzp)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-have-a-big-problem/172118/2 "2009-07-15T06:33:35Z")

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On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:24 AM, Aaron D. \<  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\> wrote:

> No database content shows in Internet Explorer! It works on other major  
> browsers but not IE. What do I do?

Saying “no database” content I would think is completely irrelevant. I’m  
totally new to rails, but how can this be a rails issue (unless maybe  
some  
tag is generating invalid html?)

Can you ‘view source’ of your IE page?

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**Author:** ![adsouzp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/df788c/32.png) [@adsouzp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adsouzp)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-have-a-big-problem/172118/3 "2009-07-15T07:00:10Z")

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Are you saying its just bad html?

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**Author:** ![adsouzp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/df788c/32.png) [@adsouzp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adsouzp)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 6:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-have-a-big-problem/172118/4 "2009-07-15T06:37:41Z")

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Also:  
[Mailing List Manners 101 - TidBITS](http://db.tidbits.com/article/5386) See point 5.

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:32 AM, Rick [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Saying “no database” content I would think is completely irrelevant. I’m  
> totally new to rails, but how can this be a rails issue (unless maybe some  
> tag is generating invalid html?)
> 
> Can you ‘view source’ of your IE page?

–  
Rick R

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**Author:** ![adsouzp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/df788c/32.png) [@adsouzp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adsouzp)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-have-a-big-problem/172118/5 "2009-07-15T07:00:48Z")

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Sorry for double post but yes, I can see the page source and content is  
in the page source

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**Author:** ![adsouzp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/df788c/32.png) [@adsouzp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adsouzp)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 10:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-have-a-big-problem/172118/6 "2009-07-15T10:36:19Z")

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bump

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**Author:** ![adsouzp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/df788c/32.png) [@adsouzp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adsouzp)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 10:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-have-a-big-problem/172118/7 "2009-07-15T10:55:24Z")

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As Rick says, you’ve just got dodgy html

Sticking the site through a validator shows some basic html problems -  
unclosed tags are your enemy here  
[http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lushdeals.com%2F](http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lushdeals.com%2F)

On Jul 15, 6:36 pm, Aaron D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)
