# Unknown Action error while updating record

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unknown-action-error-while-updating-record/165638>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 16, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unknown-action-error-while-updating-record/165638 "2009-04-16T00:04:14Z")\
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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:** [April 16, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unknown-action-error-while-updating-record/165638/1 "2009-04-16T00:04:14Z")

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I understand other people have had trouble using :action =\> ‘update’  
with form\_tag… but I haven’t figured it out yet… here is my  
declaration of the form:

\<% form\_tag :action =\> ‘update’, :html =\> {:method =\> “put”} do %\>

I tried just using \<% form\_tag :action =\> ‘update’ % do\>, along with  
other structures… It just says UNKNOWN ACTION since it is trying to  
use the id as the action…

Can anyone help??

I would like to keep it as a form\_tag though. Thanks in advance for  
the help

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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:** [April 16, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unknown-action-error-while-updating-record/165638/2 "2009-04-16T00:14:11Z")

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Hi,

I have a form using the following syntax, and it works just fine:

\<% form\_tag({:action =\> :process\_form}, :id =\> ‘contact’) do %\>

Brandon