Hi, I have the following: order = YAML::load(order_yaml) The YAML contains order_items too, and my order model has a has_many to order_items. When I do order.order_items, I don''t want Rails to go the db to get the order_items, but use the order_items already contained in the object created from the YAML. How would I do this? Thanks Joerg -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.