hi, to create a form without scaffold command sholud v write the same code in all the files that is created when scaffold is used. no idea on thread Mr.Colin…
i did it as follows rake Courses -d mysql set the pw in database.yml file rake db:create:all script/server script/generate controller student script/generate model information in migrate file included the attributes name regno section percentage and saved the file
not getting what next???
Run the migration (rake db:migrate) to make the table. Then write the view files to show what you want to show (views/students/new.html.erb for example)
Since I think you are missing some of the fundamentals about how Rails is used I suggest that you work through some tutorials to get a better idea of what to do. The free-to-use-online tutorial at railstutorial.org is good. It may seem that the result of the tutorial is not what you want to write but you will learn the fundamentals of Rails and then be able to answer yourself the question 'what next???'
Colin