I have two related models such as this: class PartCategory < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :part_types scope :engine, where(:name => ''Engine'') end class PartType < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :part_category end I would like to add a scope to the PartType model such as: scope :engine_parts, lambda { joins(:part_category).engine } But when I try that, I get the following error: NoMethodError: undefined method `default_scoped?'' for ActiveRecord::Base:Class from /Users/bappelt/RubymineProjects/MyStreetMachine/idunno42!/ruby/ 1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.1.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1082:in `method_missing'' from /Users/bappelt/RubymineProjects/MyStreetMachine/idunno42!/ruby/ 1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.1.0/lib/active_record/relation/ spawn_methods.rb:11:in `merge'' from /Users/bappelt/RubymineProjects/MyStreetMachine/idunno42!/ruby/ 1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.1.0/lib/active_record/named_scope.rb:182:in `block in scope'' from (irb):1 from /Users/bappelt/RubymineProjects/MyStreetMachine/idunno42!/ruby/ 1.9.1/gems/railties-3.1.0/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:45:in `start'' from /Users/bappelt/RubymineProjects/MyStreetMachine/idunno42!/ruby/ 1.9.1/gems/railties-3.1.0/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:8:in `start'' from /Users/bappelt/RubymineProjects/MyStreetMachine/idunno42!/ruby/ 1.9.1/gems/railties-3.1.0/lib/rails/commands.rb:40:in `<top (required)>'' from script/rails:6:in `require'' from script/rails:6:in `<main>'' I don''t have a lot of experience with the scope thing, so I am probably missing something fundamental here. Can someone please tell me what it is. -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.