# (no subject) **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [July 11, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/97867 "2006-07-11T00:09:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WilliamsS\_Ali](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WilliamsS\_Ali](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/WilliamsS_Ali)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/97867/1 "2006-07-11T00:09:31Z")
HELP Hi, I’m a Ruby on Rails newbie. I’ve been tasked with building our office’s first ROR application, and I am the only one working on it, so I am muddling through with a couple of books… Moving along slowly but need some discussion time with some people who KNOW it and can maybe offer some answers to questions I haven’t found in my books. First - what is the fundamental difference between “render” and “redirect\_to” when working with .rhtml forms in the Controller? When is it appropriate to use these? Second - Why do I sometimes have to use a while loop to access my queried data in the .rhtml form? Example: Controller-Edit Method @edit = Cause.find(:all, :conditions =\> “case\_id = ‘#{@caseid}’”) View-Edit.rhtml ## Editing Case \<%= @edit.case\_id %\> This method of data retrieval has worked for me in other similar forms, and I can’t figure out why it won’t work here. The error it gives is that case\_id is not a valid method, but it is a valid field in the table, so should work. (case\_id is the foreign key for the table) However, if I put the data retrieval inside a while loop, it displays the data, but gives me a routing error when I try to update. I have other questions as well, but I guess I’ll start here. ANY AND ALL tips, advice, etc. would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you, Ali Williams Systems Developer II Washoe County IT 775 328-3720 ---
**Author:** ![WilliamsS\_Ali](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WilliamsS\_Ali](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/WilliamsS_Ali)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/97867/2 "2006-07-11T00:12:41Z")
Firstly, you want the Rails list at [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails), and secondly you want to stop using Comic Sans MS for emails. Send plain text, it gets though lists better. ---
**Author:** ![WilliamsS\_Ali](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WilliamsS\_Ali](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/WilliamsS_Ali)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/97867/3 "2006-07-11T22:36:41Z")
“Phillip H.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) writes: > Firstly, you want the Rails list at > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails), and secondly you > want to stop using Comic Sans MS for emails. Send plain text, it gets > though lists better. And specify a subject.