hi guys, i am havin a problem displaying content of @wine from the search action.. i get no errors i only get   where the results is when i examine the html plz help i posted my code John def search @wines = Wine.find(:all) @wine_pages, @wines = paginate :wines end def searchaction @search=request.raw_post @wines = Wine.find(:all,:conditions=>["name LIKE ?",@search]) end action <table align="LEFT" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td><% @search %> <% @wines.each do |wine| %> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center"></p> <table align="CENTER" cellpadding="8"> <tr> <td width="50%"><div align="left">Name: <%=wine.name%></div></td> </tr> </table> <% end %> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"> <table align="CENTER" border="1" bordercolor="#FEFF34"> <tr class="yellowbackcolor"> <td colspan="5"><div align="center" class="style7">Enter The item you wish to search for</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center">Search For : <%= text_field_tag :search %> <%= observe_field(:search, :frequency =>0.5,:url => { :action => :searchaction }, :update => :"results") %></div></td> </tr> </table> </div> <span id="results" align="center"> <table align="LEFT" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td><table width="100%"> <tr> <td><% if (@wines.empty?) then %> <table align="CENTER" width="700" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><h1 align="center"><span class="style1"> <span class="style2">No Item was found matching your cirteria</span></span></h1> <h1 align="center"> <div align="center"><span class="style3">Search Again..?</span><span class="style1"></div> </tr> </table> <% else %> <% @wines.each do |wine| %> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center"> </p> <table align="CENTER" cellpadding="8"> <tr> <td width="50%"><div align="left">Name: <%=wine.name%></div></td> </tr> </table> <% end %> <% end %> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><%= pagination_links(@wine_pages) %></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> </span> -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.