search for: shipment_id

Hi, Am relatively new to the RoR world. My question is quite simple. I have a query like such: shipmentNumbers = Order.find_by_sql(["select distinct s.id from orders o, line_items li, shipment_lines sl, shipments s where o.number=? and o.id = li.order_id and li.id = sl.line_item_id and sl.shipment_id = s.id", number]) The above query works fine. I wanted to do the same query using the query below: shipmentNumbers = Order.find(:all, :conditions => ["number = ?", number], :joins => "as o join line_items as li on o.id = li.order_id join shipment_lines as sl...

I am using this line on my index.rhtml page to capture the quantity required of a particular item for a basic shopping cart app: <%= text_field ''line_item'', ''quantity'', {:size=>3} %> </td> but my next screen (a cart screen) doesn''t reflect what was entered in that text field when the item is added to the cart. That is,