# Rails 2.0 Scaffolding based on an existing model?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-0-scaffolding-based-on-an-existing-model/117711>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 19, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-0-scaffolding-based-on-an-existing-model/117711 "2007-10-19T16:43:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![ant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@ant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ant)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-0-scaffolding-based-on-an-existing-model/117711/1 "2007-10-19T16:43:17Z")

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After a fair bit of reading around and googling, it appears that I  
can  
not use script/generate scaffold to make a scaffold based on an  
existing model. Is this correct and if so is there a plugin that can  
achieve this in Rails 2.0?  
My thanks  
Anthony