# Scaffolding again after new columns in table

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffolding-again-after-new-columns-in-table/128777>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 11, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffolding-again-after-new-columns-in-table/128777 "2008-02-11T14:02:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![hashpipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/87869e/32.png) [@hashpipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hashpipe)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffolding-again-after-new-columns-in-table/128777/1 "2008-02-11T14:02:50Z")

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Hi,

I am a newbie to RoR, and wanted to know how-to go about adding a new  
column to a table. Once if I add the table, then is it necessary to  
scaffold again, and how to be sure that I do not regenerate my  
controllers, views and model defined earlier. I am just attempting to  
add a new column to the table in order to store additional data about  
an item, and show that additional data along with the normal view (of  
the item earlier)

Can somebody please help me on this. I know this is a very trivial  
thing, but I am afraid if I regenerate my model, view, controller  
again.

Thanks and regards

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**Author:** ![hashpipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/87869e/32.png) [@hashpipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hashpipe)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffolding-again-after-new-columns-in-table/128777/2 "2008-02-11T14:16:52Z")

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scaffolding is no mandatory step  
if you add a new column, you can as easy add the entry for it in  
the existing form  
most people i know never use scaffolding anyway, since with a  
bit of experience you can write those few lines fast enough