Here is what I have: add_core_content.rhtml: <select id="resource_core_content_ids" name="resource[core_content_ids][]" size="15" style="width: 200px;" multiple="multiple"> <% @core_contents.each do |c| %> <option value="<%= c.id %>" <% if @resource.core_contents.include? (c) %> selected="selected"<% end %>> <%= c.code %> </option> <% end %> </select> <br/> admin_controller.rb: def add_core_content @core_contents = CoreContent.find_all_by_subject(@params["subject"], :order => ''level ASC'') end Everything works fine if I don''t have: <% if @resource.core_contents.include? (c) %> selected="selected"<% end %> But when that is included I get an error: You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it! The error occured while evaluating nil.core_contents Extracted source (around line #3): 1: <select id="resource_core_content_ids" name="resource[core_content_ids][]" size="15" style="width: 200px;" multiple="multiple"> 2: <% @core_contents.each do |c| %> 3: <option value="<%= c.id %>" <% if @resource.core_contents.include? (c) %> selected="selected"<% end %>> 4: <%= c.code %> 5: </option> 6: <% end %> My many-to-many is core_contents_resources any my models are set up correctly (having the habtm in both models). I know that I am getting something with @resource.core_contents because I get information returned (albeit unreadable, #<CoreContent:0x3321598>#<CoreContent:0x3321550>#<CoreContent:0x3321508> #<CoreContent:0x33214c0>) Thanks, Seth -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060302/2b941cc6/attachment-0001.html