# Quick q on script/generate scaffold

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/quick-q-on-script-generate-scaffold/58681>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 24, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/quick-q-on-script-generate-scaffold/58681 "2006-04-24T19:57:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vince)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/quick-q-on-script-generate-scaffold/58681/1 "2006-04-24T19:57:06Z")

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I want a scaffold to manager both products and users. To get the  
products scaffold I used

script/generate scaffold Product Admin

if I use,

script/generate scaffold User Admin

will it overwrite my product admin controller? Would I be better off  
doing

script/generate scaffold User User\_Admin or something?

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**Author:** ![vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vince)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/quick-q-on-script-generate-scaffold/58681/2 "2006-04-24T20:25:24Z")

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Hello Vince,

> doing
> 
> script/generate scaffold User User\_Admin or something?

You can create a ProductController and a UserController  
in an admin module :

script/generate scaffold Product admin/product  
script/generate scaffold User admin/user

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-- Jean-François.
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**Author:** ![vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vince)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/quick-q-on-script-generate-scaffold/58681/3 "2006-04-24T20:56:44Z")

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Jean-François wrote:

> You can create a ProductController and a UserController  
> in an admin module :
> 
> script/generate scaffold Product admin/product  
> script/generate scaffold User admin/user
> 
> ```
> -- Jean-François.
> 
> ```

Thanks for the quick reply. Since I have already done a script/generate  
scaffold Product Admin should I undo it (script/destroy) or should I  
just execute the second command (script/generate scaffold User  
admin/user).

By the way, is this case sensitive?

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**Author:** ![vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vince)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/quick-q-on-script-generate-scaffold/58681/4 "2006-05-24T21:33:17Z")

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> > You can create a ProductController and a UserController  
> > in an admin module :
> > 
> > script/generate scaffold Product admin/product  
> > script/generate scaffold User admin/user

I’ve done this same process but ran into an error when trying to  
view the page…

localhost/admin/product and localhost/admin/user return errors  
and an empty website.

I also have an admin controller setup to help navigate the site  
and act as the main page…

The question is, I am not sure if I need the admin controller.

Im still fairly new to rails and not sure if the directory and  
file hierarchy requires me to have one.