Hi guys, I would like comments on the following. I want to send nested arrays of hashes so the has_many relationships update automatically each object. This is what I''ve done. /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.1/lib/active_record/ associations/association_collection.rb : Line 136 def replace(original_other_array) other_array = original_other_array.collect {|element| if element.is_a? Hash then create(element) else element end } other_array.each { |val| raise_on_type_mismatch(val) } load_target other = other_array.size < 100 ? other_array : other_array.to_set current = @target.size < 100 ? @target : @target.to_set @owner.transaction do delete(@target.select { |v| !other.include?(v) }) concat(other_array.select { |v| !current.include?(v) }) end end ** notice that if a Hash is received, then we create(element) ** Of course this could be dangerous, so I am looking for more advise... In your view you would have the following. This will produce a nested array of hashes for "score" like this (don''t worry about the 3=> thingies... {"commit"=>"Edit", "id"=>"2", "evaluation"=>{ "entry_id"=>"1", "scores"=>{"3"=>{"score"=>"6", "evaluation_criterium_id"=>"1", "id"=>"3", "evaluation_id"=>"2"}, "4"=>{"score"=>"5", "evaluation_criterium_id"=>"2", "id"=>"4", "evaluation_id"=>"2"}}, "judge_id"=>"1"}} *** VIEW *** <!--[form:evaluation]--> <div> Name of Entrant: <%= @evaluation.entry.name_of_entrant %> <br /> Category: <%= @evaluation.entry.individual_category.name %> <br /> Judge''s Name: <%= @evaluation.judge.name %> <%= hidden_field "evaluation", "entry_id" %> <%= hidden_field "evaluation", "judge_id" %> <div style="margin: 1em;"> <table> <% for @score in @evaluation.scores %> <% fields_for "evaluation[scores][]", @score do |scores_fields| %> <tr> <td> <%= @score.evaluation_criterium.criterium %> </td> <td> <%= scores_fields.select :score, *[1..10] %> <%= scores_fields.hidden_field :id %> <%= scores_fields.hidden_field :evaluation_id %> <%= scores_fields.hidden_field :evaluation_criterium_id %> </td> </tr> <% end %> <% end %> </table> </div> </div> <!--[eoform:evaluation]--> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-core-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---