Using mysql in a html document -

im using ruby on rails , mysql hold database. i'm struggling understand how take information database , use in html page (that display).

for instance, if in database there table called users. how display user names (ie select names users) in html page (in views folder in rails app)?

i've started learning stuff sorry if trivial question! i'm not understanding of explanations on web.

thank you!

in rails have models interacts database. if want connect users table should create model.

class user < activerecord::base  def self.names   user.select('name') end  end

and create view should have controller can have index action:

class usercontroller < applicationcontroller    def index      @names = user.names   end end

in views folder can have users folder index.html.erb

in html file can access @names , iterate on them , display names.

you have define route in route.rb

resources :user

and access link /users

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