Hi There folks, I am using validates_associated to make sure some child models are valid before saving the parent. However I want to do some extra validation AFTER the child models are valid in its parent. For instance in each child it has a date field - I need once the child is valid to compare the dates of each of the children to each other to make sure one is not bigger than another. However right now it seems the validates_associated happens AFTER all validation of the parent Any ideas? Paul -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.