I''m working on a new plugin called acts_as_archived. It is based on acts_as_versioned, but uses a different table schema and has some other features. The table design is like so (let''s say we''re dealing with models called Record): records id archived_record_id archived_records id record_id name date version etc The main records table serves as a lookup table for the current version''s content. All versions of a Record (including the current one) are stored as separate rows in archived_records. I have basic find and save working, but I am having some problems with Record.new. Since the records table only has one field to AR (archived_record_id), Record.new returns a Record with only that column as an attribute. I need to have a Place with the correct attributes, which are really the columns in archived_records. I thought about overriding initialize to add this functionality, but is there a better way to do it? Thanks -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.