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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 16, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/too-many-columns-for-list-rhtml-to-display/79560 "2006-12-16T16:18:39Z")\
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**Author:**  [@jsn1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsn1)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/too-many-columns-for-list-rhtml-to-display/79560/1 "2006-12-16T16:18:39Z")
Hi all
in the list.rhtml generated by the scaffoldhow can I select the columns
I want to display. the code by default shows everything
% for column in Person.content\_columns %\>
\<%= column.human\_name %\>
\<% end %\>
\<% for person in @people %\>
\<% for column in Person.content\_columns %\> \<%=h person.send(column.name) %\> \<% end %\>
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**Author:**  [@jsn1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsn1)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/too-many-columns-for-list-rhtml-to-display/79560/2 "2006-12-16T17:03:46Z")
Jose P. wrote:
> \<% for person in @people %\>
>
> \<% for column in Person.content\_columns %\> \<%=h person.send(column.name) %\> \<% end %\>
Jose, you can overide content\_columns method in Person model.
best regards,
Bojan M.
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**Author:**  [@jsn1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsn1)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/too-many-columns-for-list-rhtml-to-display/79560/3 "2006-12-16T21:44:47Z")
How? coul you please give me an example
thanks
Bojan M. wrote:
> Jose P. wrote:
>
> > \<% for person in @people %\>
> >
> > \<% for column in Person.content\_columns %\> \<%=h person.send(column.name) %\> \<% end %\>
>
> Jose, you can overide content\_columns method in Person model.
>
> best regards,
> Bojan M.
>
> –
> Bojan M.
> Informatika Mihelac, Bojan M. s.p. | [www.informatikamihelac.com](http://www.informatikamihelac.com)
> → tools, scripts, tricks from our code lab: [http://source.mihelac.org](http://source.mihelac.org)
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**Author:**  [@jsn1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsn1)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/too-many-columns-for-list-rhtml-to-display/79560/4 "2006-12-17T16:41:18Z")
In the folowing example I only show two columns first Name and Last Name
# Listing people
\<% for person in @people %\>
\<% end %\>
```
<%= link_to 'Show', :action => 'show', :id => person %> |
<%= link_to 'Edit', :action => 'edit', :id => person %> |
<%= link_to 'Destroy', { :action => 'destroy', :id => person },
```
:confirm =\> ‘Are you sure?’, :post =\> true %\>
\<% end %\>
| First Name | Last Name |
| --- | --- |
| \<%=h person.FirstName %\> | \<%=h person.LastName %\> |
\<%= link\_to ‘Previous page’, { :page =\> @person\_pages.current.previous }
if @person\_pages.current.previous %\>
\<%= link\_to ‘Next page’, { :page =\> @person\_pages.current.next } if
@person\_pages.current.next %\>
\<%= link\_to ‘New person’, :action =\> ‘new’ %\>
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**Author:**  [@jsn1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsn1)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/too-many-columns-for-list-rhtml-to-display/79560/5 "2006-12-16T21:55:50Z")
here is a way to do it:
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**Author:**  [@jsn1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsn1)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/too-many-columns-for-list-rhtml-to-display/79560/6 "2006-12-17T17:08:26Z")
for example
def content\_column
@content\_columns ||= columns.reject { |c| c.name !=
‘some\_column\_name’}
end
best,
Bojan M.
Jose P. wrote:
> > > ```
> > > | <%=h person.send(column.name) %> |
> > >
> > > ```
> >
> > Informatika Mihelac, Bojan M. s.p. | [www.informatikamihelac.com](http://www.informatikamihelac.com)
> > → tools, scripts, tricks from our code lab: [http://source.mihelac.org](http://source.mihelac.org)
–
Bojan M.
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