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...nt = Requirement.new(params[:requirement]) <<<<FAILS HERE BECAUSE OWNER RECEIVES a STRING INSTEAD OF A USER OBJECT IN THE MODELS: master.rb belongs_to :owner, :class_name => ''User'', :foreign_key => ''owner'' user.rb has_many :owned_masters, :class_name => ''Master'', :foreign_key => ''owner'' I suspect that my form is not quite right but I have already tried several different combinations, all with the same result that I gave here. The selection list in the html is being populated correctly...