Plural version of the model detected, using singularized version. Override with --force-plural.

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what is the proper way to make this work? --force-plural doesn't seem to change the results. this only seems to happen when you choose words that the plural and singular is the same word.

script/generate scaffold equipment name:string description:text      warning Plural version of the model detected, using singularized version. Override with --force-plural.

results in the following error when you try to go to /equipment/new

ActionView::TemplateError (equipment_url failed to generate from {:action=>"show", :controller=>"equipment"} - you may have ambiguous routes, or you may need to supply additional parameters for this route. content_url has the following required parameters: ["equipment", :id] - are they all satisfied?) on line #3 of app/views/ equipment/new.html.erb: 1: <h1>New equipment</h1> 2: 3: <% form_for(@equipment) do |f| %> 4: <%= f.error_messages %> 5: 6: <p>

    (eval):16:in `equipment_path'     app/views/equipment/new.html.erb:3     app/controllers/equipment_controller.rb:29:in `new'     /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in `service'     /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in `run'     /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:in `start_thread'     /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start'     /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start_thread'     /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:in `start'     /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `each'     /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `start'     /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:in `start'     /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in `start'

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The long answer is to edit the file "YOUR_APPLICATION/config/ initializers/inflections.rb" to specify what you want to use for the singular / plural pair.

The short answer is choose model names that have unique singular / plural forms.

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Using a word like Equipment for a model seems like a bad idea, and is the root cause of your problem. One cannot have an equipment (in the real world I mean). If a row in the table represents one piece of equipment then you could call it Unit or EquipmentItem or something. If it actually represents a collection of items then call it an EquipmentSet or other word that indicates that it is a collection. You can tell that equipment is not a good word from the fact I do not know whether it represents a collection or a unit.

Colin