# SOS, huge doubt about ruby on rails

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 14, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sos-huge-doubt-about-ruby-on-rails/88818 "2007-03-14T18:07:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sos-huge-doubt-about-ruby-on-rails/88818/1 "2007-03-14T18:07:18Z")

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Hi,  
I have to do a web application where I have to use ruby on rails. I have  
read some about it, but a partner told me something that I don’t know if  
it is true. He told that creating a table of a data base ruby on rails,  
automatically creates two files html, one which shows the contents of  
you table and the other one, provides a html file to introduce data in  
your data base, is this true??  
Because what i have to do is from an application form, getting all the  
parameters introduced by the user and then show them saying the  
operation has been all correct.

Sorry for my English!  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![burbu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@burbu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/burbu)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sos-huge-doubt-about-ruby-on-rails/88818/2 "2007-03-14T18:31:42Z")

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> I have to do a web application where I have to use ruby on rails. I have  
> read some about it, but a partner told me something that I don’t know if  
> it is true. He told that creating a table of a data base ruby on rails,  
> automatically creates two files html, one which shows the contents of  
> you table and the other one, provides a html file to introduce data in  
> your data base, is this true??

No, that’s not true.

Your friend might have been thinking of the CRUD/scaffolding that Rails  
lets you add _if you want_ that will do the above, but by default it  
doesn’t happen unless you specifically tell it to.

-philip

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**Author:** ![burbu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@burbu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/burbu)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sos-huge-doubt-about-ruby-on-rails/88818/3 "2007-03-14T18:22:41Z")

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burbu wrote:

> I have to do a web application where I have to use ruby on rails. I have  
> read some about it, but a partner told me something that I don’t know if  
> it is true. He told that creating a table of a data base ruby on rails,  
> automatically creates two files html, one which shows the contents of  
> you table and the other one, provides a html file to introduce data in  
> your data base, is this true??  
> Because what i have to do is from an application form, getting all the  
> parameters introduced by the user and then show them saying the  
> operation has been all correct.

My guess is that your partner is trying to describe Rails’ scaffolding.  
My  
recommendation would be to get a little hands-on experience to get a  
feel  
for yourself. There’s a current one at

> **[Radar - O’Reilly](https://www.oreilly.com/radar/?page=1)**
>
> Now, next, and beyond: Tracking need-to-know trends at the intersection of business and technology

that you can work through in a couple of hours. There are others on the  
Rails wiki at [http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails)

hth,  
Bill

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**Author:** ![burbu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@burbu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/burbu)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sos-huge-doubt-about-ruby-on-rails/88818/4 "2007-03-14T18:34:42Z")

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burbu wrote:

> I have to do a web application where I have to use ruby on rails. I have  
> read some about it, but a partner told me something that I don’t know if  
> it is true. He told that creating a table of a data base ruby on rails,  
> automatically creates two files html, one which shows the contents of  
> you table and the other one, provides a html file to introduce data in  
> your data base, is this true??

No. People just like to brag you _can_ do that. Almost no projects use  
a “scaffold” like that.

> Because what i have to do is from an application form, getting all the  
> parameters introduced by the user and then show them saying the  
> operation has been all correct.

That will happen on pages 3 thru 5 of the book /Agile Web D.  
with Rails/.

After learning this stuff, if you have previous experience programming  
for the web, you will be amazed how much more productive you will be.

–  
Phlip  
[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand](http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand) ← NOT a blog!!