this is my code def usermod User.update(10, :user_level => 3) end this is what shows in the console Processing UserController#usermod (for 127.0.0.1 at 2009-06-02 20:28:38) [GET] SQL (0.1ms) SET SQL_AUTO_IS_NULL=0 User Load (0.5ms) SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE (`users`.`id` = 10) User Columns (2.5ms) SHOW FIELDS FROM `users` CACHE (0.0ms) SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE (`users`.`id` = 10) SQL (0.1ms) BEGIN User Exists (1.7ms) SELECT `users`.id FROM `users` WHERE (`users`.`login` = BINARY ''gorpie'' AND `users`.id <> 10) LIMIT 1 User Exists (0.5ms) SELECT `users`.id FROM `users` WHERE (`users`.`email` = BINARY ''n'' AND `users`.id <> 10) LIMIT 1 SQL (0.1ms) ROLLBACK Rendering template within layouts/application Rendering user/usermod Completed in 27ms (View: 10, DB: 6) | 200 OK [http://localhost/user/usermod] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.