From 1ca4990a1028c1c3531819fa50b7f3c07eb32aca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Noble & Ralph Shnelvar <perlwizard@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:28:57 -0600
Subject: Extend description of rails generate scaffold and what it's options
 accomplish

---
 railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

(limited to 'railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile')

diff --git a/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile b/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile
index 41af90e720..a44222a441 100644
--- a/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile
+++ b/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile
@@ -535,6 +535,10 @@ command in your terminal:
 $ rails generate scaffold Post name:string title:string content:text
 </shell>
 
+This will create a new database table called posts (plural of Post).  The table
+will have three columns, name (type string), title (type string) and content
+(type text).  It will also hook this new database up to Rails (details below).
+
 NOTE. While scaffolding will get you up and running quickly, the code it
 generates is unlikely to be a perfect fit for your application. You'll most
 probably want to customize the generated code. Many experienced Rails developers
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