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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 :origin_country_id, Country.find(:all), :id, :name %> I get...

...ds 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 # ####################### # t.column :make, :text # t.column :model, :text # t.column :origin_country, :text class QualifiedName < ActiveRecord::Base # Work some magic -- let''s populate the instance using the raw name string (e.g. "Honda Civic") def magically_understand(name_string) raw_name = RawName.new(name_string) if raw_name.is_one_word then self.ma...