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...ds belongs_to :symptoms end I have a JournalEntry model that stores foods and symptoms as comma-seperated strings. Upon record creation in the JournalEntry, I want to parse the foods and symptoms and create a many to many relationship between them. I do this like this in the create method in the JournalController def create params[:journal_entry]["user_id"] = @session[:user].id @journal_entry = JournalEntry.new(params[:journal_entry]) if @journal_entry.save # parse the foods and create a new record if food not already in db params[:journal_entry]["eat"].spl...