Hi Everyone-- First the details....I have two models at the moment, member and account, which have the following relationship: class Member < ActiveRecord::Base # Relationship between member and account has_one :account end class Account < ActiveRecord::Base # Relationship between account and member belongs_to :member end Member has a bunch of attributes (first_name, last_name, address, etc.), and account has user_name, password, and email. An administrator will create the members, and members will not be allowed to create their own accounts initially. But that functionality may be needed later on so it seemed like a good idea to keep them separate. Now for the questions. I have created a form for adding new members and it works fine. But how would I set the values of the account with a user_name (first letter of first name + lastname), and email address (which would be included in the form but is not an attribute of member)? I have watched the projects/tasks railscast several times on how to deal with multiple models in one form, but I don''t quite get it...like how to use the "fields_for" without a for loop and the whole ''builds'' concept. Is that functionality a standard part of rails? Every resource I''ve come across regarding forms and multiple models points to that same example, so it really isn''t helping much. Unfortunately this is the most complicated part of my application, but I really need to get this working. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, including ''you should not do it that way, it''s better to....''. Thanks, Damonica -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---