I have a simple situation. There are two tables: states id int locators state_id int Obviously, state_id is a foreign key. I have created the models using script/generate and updated them with has_many and belongs_to. Now I build a form with a select box with all of the state names and ids. When I create the locator, I try: locator = Locator.new() locator.state_id = params[:stateid] Now ruby complains that there is no state_id attribute. There is an attribute "state" but it wants a whole state object, which I guess I could create, but it seems silly. I suspect it it more likely that I am doing something wrong. Can someone who actually knows what they are doing tell me what it is? Thanks in advance. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---