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Hi all I guess this is quite a newbie question, but I''m just stuck here and don''t know why. <%= form.collection_select :origin_country, Country.find(:all), :id, :name %> gives me a select list with name="member[origin_country]". When submitting the form the following error is shown: Country expected, got String When I try <%= form.collection_select

Hi all, I have some code where I''d like to set up an instance of a non-database model from another, ActiveRecord, model in order to use some custom methods on a string, without mixing extra methods into the String class. I understand this might be less-than-sensible as models should normally stand on their own..? My two models: ####################### # models/qualified_name.rb #