# Table Help

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/table-help/113069>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 27, 2007, 7:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/table-help/113069 "2007-08-27T07:12:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Emeka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/65b543/32.png) [@Emeka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Emeka)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 7:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/table-help/113069/1 "2007-08-27T07:12:22Z")

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I am new to Rails and cannot figure the problem I’m having. I am  
using Locomotive to do my development, but for some reason the items  
in my database do not show up when I try to call them in my rhtml  
file. I am checking to see if the database table is empty by doing  
a .blank? method, but it is always returning true even though the  
database is populated. Does anyone have any idea why this might be  
happening? Thanks in advance.