Using ActiveScaffold in Rails 2.2 after using default scaffolding

Problem
You want to use ActiveScaffold in Rails 2.2, in a model that you have created using the standard Rails scaffolding script.

Solution

Install the ActiveScaffold plugin:

script/plugin install git://github.com/activescaffold/active_scaffold.git -r rails-2.2

In your layout (model or application for all models) add the following:

<%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %>
<%= active_scaffold_includes %>

In your controller file delete all the standard scaffolding code and add one line, so that your new controller should look like:
```
class SomethingsController < ApplicationController
  active_scaffold :something
end
```
To configure a RESTful scaffold add the following to your route.rb file:
```
map.resources :somethings, :active_scaffold => true
```
Delete the views that were created from the standard rails scaffolding in the views/somethings folder (edit, show, index ...)
Restart your server

You should now have an active scaffold for your model.

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