# Scaffold return to index page **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 26, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffold-return-to-index-page/146890 "2008-08-26T15:39:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rustam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@rustam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rustam)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffold-return-to-index-page/146890/1 "2008-08-26T15:39:03Z")
i am using rubyonrails 2.1 and i have used scaffold .on controller i added new method and html.erb now what i want is to back to the index.html.erb page of the scaffold ,i have tried to use render but on the original scaffold i have met the problem on the below “You have a nil object when you didn’t expect it! You might have expected an instance of Array. The error occurred while evaluating nil.each” can any one tell me what should i do thanks. ---
**Author:** ![rustam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@rustam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rustam)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffold-return-to-index-page/146890/2 "2008-08-26T16:50:44Z")
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Rustam M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > i am using rubyonrails 2.1 and i have used scaffold .on controller i > added new method and html.erb now what i want is to back to the > index.html.erb page of the scaffold ,i have tried to use render but on > the original scaffold i have met the problem on the below > “You have a nil object when you didn’t expect it! > You might have expected an instance of Array. > The error occurred while evaluating nil.each” > can any one tell me what should i do thanks. you must use redirect\_to, render :action only display the action it does not execute the method – Gabriel L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)