nek4life wrote:
> I have a model for users and a model for lists and a model for the
> items.
> 
> I have a one-to-one relationship with the user and the list so only
> one list may be created.
> 
> I'm having problems when I try to create the list at the same time I
> create the user so they are related by the foreign key on the list.
> How would I go about doing this.
> 
> right now I'm trying
> 
> def new
>   @user = User.new
>   @user.list.build
> end
> 
> But I get an error message saying that list is nil.  I know the
> problem must be with passing the user_id to the list model, but I have
> no idea how to do this.

Try @user.build_list.

If a user could have many lists, you'd use @user.lists.build.
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