# Scaffold strangeness

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffold-strangeness/121088>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 23, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffold-strangeness/121088 "2007-11-23T16:40:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffold-strangeness/121088/1 "2007-11-23T16:40:42Z")

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I have a table called ‘Books’ with a field ‘page\_count’. When I  
generate a scaffold for this table the ‘\_form.rhtml’ partial does not  
include this field. Changing the name to ‘page\_coun’ and it is  
included in the form partial.

Any ideas why the word count in the field name is causing the scaffold  
to miss it out?

Thanks,

David.

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffold-strangeness/121088/2 "2007-11-23T20:51:17Z")

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“xxx\_count Maintains a counter cache for the child table xxx”

I think thats the problem.

On Nov 23, 2007 12:40 PM, Dave M [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> David.
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Rafael Mueller  
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffold-strangeness/121088/3 "2007-11-23T20:53:38Z")

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[http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActiveRecord/Associations/ClassMethods.html](http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActiveRecord/Associations/ClassMethods.html)  
Search for “counter\_cache”

## Regards

Rafael Mueller

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