i''ve got a little rails app i''m messing with the schema is create table timedatevalidates ( id serial, timedatetovalidate timestamp, primary key (id) ); the mvc was initialized using rails scripts/generate scaffold timedatevalidate i''ve got this in a subdir of webroot and have modified .htaccess and config/routes.rb like so .htaccess : RewriteBase /timedatevalidate/public/ routes.rb : map.connect ''/timedatevalidate/public/:controller/:action/:id'' browsing to http://127.0.0.1/timedatevalidate/public/timedatevalidates/list works and shows a link to http://127.0.0.1/timedatevalidate/public/timedatevalidates/new which also routes to the right spot. this, however, blows up with /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.5.1/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb:236:in `time'' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.5.1/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb:236:in `send'' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.5.1/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb:236:in `value'' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.5.1/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb:246:in `to_datetime_select_tag_without_error_wrapping'' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.5.1/lib/action_view/helpers/active_record_helper.rb:173:in `to_datetime_select_tag'' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.5.1/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb:69:in `datetime_select'' trying to send the method ''time'' to my ActiveRecord::Timedatevalidate instance. why is this? this table has no field named ''time'' yet it''s trying to present me one from the form : 4: <!--[form:timedatevalidate]--> 5: <%= start_form_tag :action => ''create'' %> 6: <%= hidden_field ''timedatevalidate'', ''id'' %> 7: <p><label for="timedatevalidate_time">Time</label><br /><%= datetime_select ''timedatevalidate'', ''time'' %></p> 8: <input type="submit" value="Create" /> 9: <%= end_form_tag %> 10: <!--[eoform:timedatevalidate]--> i''m obviously doing something odd here - but i don''t see what. i''m running the lateset everything : just installed today... kind regards. -a -- ==============================================================================| EMAIL :: Ara [dot] T [dot] Howard [at] noaa [dot] gov | PHONE :: 303.497.6469 | When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good | bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself. --Shunryu Suzuki ===============================================================================