Error: "Template is missing" - html

Question

I am getting the error:
Template is missing
Missing template customers/search, application/search with {:locale=>[:en], :formats=>[:html], :variants=>[], :handlers=>[:erb, :builder, :raw, :ruby, :coffee, :jbuilder]}.
This is happening when I'm trying to make a search bar to search through my existing customers in the database. I think it's happening because I am using a partial '_search.html.erb' but it needs to be a partial and I don't know how to fix this problem.
Here is my customers\ _search.html.erb:
<%= form_tag search_customers_path do %>
<input class = "searchbar" id ="custsearch" name=query" placeholder = "find colleague" type="text">
<% end %>
the html it's being rendered with (in events\new.html.erb):
<div class = "searchbar">
<%= render partial: 'customers/search', :object => #customers, locals:{} %>
</div>
here is my customers controller 'search' method:
def search
#q = "%#{params[:query]}%"
#customers = Customer.where("first_name LIKE ? or last_name LIKE ? ",#q,#q)
render :layout => false
end
and here is my routes file:
root 'pages#home'
get '/main' => 'pages#main'
get '/signup' => 'customers#new'
resources :customers do
collection do
get 'search'
end
end
get '/compose' => 'events#new'
resources :events
I'm not even sure if this search will work, but this is the first hurdle to achieving it. Please help!
Thanks

Answer 1

Your search action looking for customers/search.html.erb but you don't have any. Try create a new file in customers folder with name search.html.erb and paste your below code there:
<div class = "searchbar">
<%= render partial: 'customers/search', :object => #customers, locals:{} %>
</div>
also remove render :layout => false from your search action. If you are sending request in html format.

Answer 2

#punitcse's answer was right:
def create
# this will be looking for customers/search.html.erb
# you have to explicitly define it:
render partial: "search", layout: false
end
This should resolve the error.
Calling the partial in the view is pretty normal:
<%= render partial: "customers/search", object: #object %>
The issue looks like it's caused by your create action, which can be corrected to resolve it.

Answer 3

You just need to modify you controller to something like
def search
#q = "%#{params[:query]}%"
#customers = Customer.where("first_name LIKE ? or last_name LIKE ? ",#q,#q)
render partial: "customers/search", locals: { customers: #customers }, :layout => false
end
In cutomers/_search change to
#customers/_search.html.erb
<%= form_tag search_customers_path, method: :get do %>
<input class = "searchbar" id ="custsearch" name=query" placeholder = "find colleague" type="text">