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...llowing three models which all have has_and_belongs_to_many # User <-> UserGroup <-> Permissions class UserGroup < ActiveRecord::Base has_and_belongs_to_many :users, :join_table => "user_usergroup_join" has_and_belongs_to_many :permissions, :join_table => "usergroup_permission_join", :uniq => true end I can do this: permissions = user.user_groups.find(:first).permissions but not: permissions = user.user_groups.permissions I want to get all the user permissions, do I have to loop though each user group and add the permission from each one by one? Many thanks...