Hello Chris, may I try to help you? I thing you need something like this: class *Message* < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :sender, :class_name => 'User', :foreign_key => 'sender_id' belongs_to :receiver, :class_name => 'User', :foreign_key => 'receiver_id' end class *User* < ActiveRecord::Base (restful_authentication plugin) # Virtual attribute for the unencrypted password attr_accessor :password ... attr_accessible :login, :email, :password, :password_confirmation has_many :sent_messages, :class_name => 'Message' , :foreign_key => 'sender_id' has_many :received_messages, :class_name => 'Message' , :foreign_key => 'receiver_id' ... end and then you can do this: @inbox = current_user.received_messages.find_by_receiver_id(:user) I'm dont test this, but it shold work) Sorry for my english. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
