OK, still learning here... here''s a rough sketch of my model... User has_and_belongs_to_many :customers Customer has_and_belongs_to_many :users has_many :widgets Widgets belongs_to customer Each user can be associated with one or more customers Each customer has multiple users Each widget is associated with a customer I’ve seen tons of examples like this: If I want to do something like this… u = Users.find_by_name(''Jeff'') #returns one user puts u.customers #returns multiple customer objects my_widgets = u.customers.widgets If I want to get a list of my widgets, this doesn’t work if I belong to multiple customers, since u.customers returns an array of customer objects that belong to the user So, if I want to get a list of my widgets, do I have to do something like this as a part of my user model, or is there an easier way to do this? def my_widgets @w=[] self.customers.each do |c| @w << c.widgets end return @w end Thanks in advance-- -Jeff Wigal -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---