# form\_tag error (model)

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/form-tag-error-model/12326>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [April 30, 2007, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/form-tag-error-model/12326 "2007-04-30T11:34:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![swanand\_deodhar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@swanand\_deodhar](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/swanand_deodhar)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/form-tag-error-model/12326/1 "2007-04-30T11:34:50Z")

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Hi! Unless i am missing something, there is no helper method just ‘form’ you might use form\_for or form\_tag. (start\_form\_tag is deprecated from Rails 1.2.1) For full list please refer [http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormTagHelper.html](http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormTagHelper.html) Thanks and regards, Swanand.

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**Author:** ![swanand\_deodhar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@swanand\_deodhar](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/swanand_deodhar)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/form-tag-error-model/12326/2 "2007-04-30T11:53:29Z")

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Hi! As you are trying have an rhtml page with a textfield corresponding to a username column of users table. You might wanna try \<%= text\_field :user, :username%\>. I am not too sure what is \<%= input%\>

Thanks and regards, Swanand