# Scaffold generation

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffold-generation/122729>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 11, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffold-generation/122729 "2007-12-11T13:26:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![resident\_moron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@resident\_moron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/resident_moron)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffold-generation/122729/1 "2007-12-11T13:26:58Z")

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I’m trying to get a handle on rails 2.0. Once upon a time…

script/generate model book

## edit migration

t.column :title, :string  
t.column :description, :string

rake db:migrate

script/generate scaffold book

this would create a working MVC. Today, rails will not generate a  
controller for an existing model. Am I missing something??

I was able to get this to work.

script/generate scaffold book title:string description:string

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**Author:** ![resident\_moron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@resident\_moron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/resident_moron)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffold-generation/122729/2 "2007-12-12T20:18:36Z")

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This is not supported in Rails 2.0

I was having the same problem, and uninstalled rails 2.0, and  
reinstalled Rails 1.2.5  
There is a new method for accomplishing this task, but for now i’m  
going to follow the book.

jason