# Noob -- Relational controller actions question **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 11, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/noob-relational-controller-actions-question/140130 "2008-06-11T04:38:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![validkeys](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/da6949/32.png) [@validkeys](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/validkeys)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/noob-relational-controller-actions-question/140130/1 "2008-06-11T04:38:55Z")
Hey Guys, Just a quick question. Let’s say that i have a todo list app. One todolist can have many todo\_items. I had read that in the RESTful routing, you want to have a max of 7 or so actions in a controller before you have to start defining more actions in the routes. So lets say I wanted to create a new todo\_item for my todolist. Would I post the form to the todo\_items controller or should I post the form to the Todolist controller with a new action called add\_item or something like that? Mainly, I just want to know what the “Right” way to do this is… Any help you can give me, I would greatly appreciate Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![validkeys](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/da6949/32.png) [@validkeys](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/validkeys)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/noob-relational-controller-actions-question/140130/2 "2008-06-11T08:01:55Z")
It’s not just 7 or so actions, its 7 specific actions for a controller: index show new edit create update destroy You don’t have to use all of them, you might have a controller that just implements the index action for example. When you are considering adding an action outside of these 7 another controller might be a better answer. For your todo app a new TodoItem would likely be processed by the TodoItemsController create action. Aaron