Question

NameError in GenresController#index

uninitialized constant GenresController
RAILS_ROOT: C:/Users/Will/Desktop/INSTAN~1/rails_apps/talewiki

I’ve created a table called Genres and when I try to connect to it via local host I get the above error.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

With all the questions you’re asking I believe you’re an absolute beginner regarding ROR. Perhaps you should visit some tutorials to learn rails.

I don’t know what your genre model describes, but I think it will have a name.

Basic steps for a basic genre model:

1. Delete the table for your genres if created manually (with SQL code)

   DROP TABLE genres;
   

2. generate a complete scaffolding for genres:

   $ ruby script/generate genre name:string
   $ rake db:migrate
   

3. Now you have a complete controller for all CRUD actions for a simple genre model

If I were you I would read some tutorial about RoR, because you make the impression that you don’t understand RoR or the MVC principle behind it. A good start would be: http://storecrowd.com/blog/top-50-ruby-on-rails-tutorials/