I have list.rb and item.rb. The first has a has_many relationship  
with items. The second belongs to list. The sources are below:
class Item < ActiveRecord::Base
     belongs_to :list
     belongs_to :author
end
class List < ActiveRecord::Base
     has_many :items, :dependent => true, :order => ''created_at
DESC''
     belongs_to :author
     validates_presence_of :title
     validates_uniqueness_of :title
end
Here is the SQL schema:
CREATE TABLE `authors` (
     `id` INT NOT NULL auto_increment,
     `name` VARCHAR(32) DEFAULT NULL,
     `username` VARCHAR(32) DEFAULT NULL,
     `password` VARCHAR(32) DEFAULT NULL,
     `address` VARCHAR(64) DEFAULT NULL,
     `created_at` TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
     `updated_at` TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
     PRIMARY KEY  (`id`)
) ENGINE = MyISAM;
CREATE TABLE `authors_lists` (
     `author_id` INT NOT NULL,
     `list_id` INT NOT NULL
) ENGINE = MyISAM;
CREATE TABLE `lists` (
     `id` INT NOT NULL auto_increment,
     `title` TEXT,
     `description` TEXT,
     `created_at` TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
     `updated_at` TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
     PRIMARY KEY  (`id`)
) ENGINE = MyISAM;
CREATE TABLE `items` (
     `id` INT NOT NULL auto_increment,
     `name` VARCHAR(16) DEFAULT NULL,
     `completed` BOOLEAN DEFAULT ''0'',
     `created_at` TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
     `updated_at` TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
     PRIMARY KEY  (`id`)
) ENGINE = MyISAM;
CREATE TABLE `sessions` (
     `id` INT NOT NULL auto_increment,
     `sessid` CHAR(32) NOT NULL,
     `data` TEXT,
     `created_at` TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
     `updated_at` TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
     PRIMARY KEY  (`id`),
     INDEX session_index (sessid)
) ENGINE = MyISAM;
Anything look weird? Thanks for the help!
Cheers,
Eric Czarny
>> I am trying to create a todo list application for class, but I am
>> having trouble listing each item in a list. Currently I find the
>> current list being viewed by id, then I attempt to gather each each
>> item in the  list with: @items = @list.find_all_in_items(). When I
>> try to load the page though I get the following exception:
>>
>> Unknown column ''items.list_id'' in ''where
clause'': SELECT * FROM
>> items WHERE items.list_id = 1 ORDER BY created_at DESC
>>
>> I have NO idea why Rails is looking for an the list_id in the items
>> table. I made extra sure my models were correct, and each
>> relationship looks fine. Any ideas?
>>
>
> What do your relations look like?
> Also, what do the has_many and belongs_to relationships look like?