I'm trying to store the current versions of a nested association so I can roll 
back over time, and I can't figure out what's wrong here. Here's my setter and 
getter:

  def serialize_children
    self.children = ActiveSupport::Base64.encode64(Marshal.dump(self.ads))
  end
  def unserialize_children
    Marshal.load(ActiveSupport::Base64.decode64(self.children))
  end

This appears to properly encode the data:

>> c = Composition.find(39)
=> #<Composition id: 39, name: "help me", campaign_id: 5, created_at: 
"2011-01-10 03:49:08", updated_at: "2011-01-10 16:34:09", position: 1, 
children: "", revisable_original_id: nil, revisable_branched_from_id: nil, 
revisable_number: 5, revisable_name: nil, revisable_type: nil, 
revisable_current_at: nil, revisable_revised_at: "2011-01-10 04:14:46", 
revisable_deleted_at: nil, revisable_is_current: true>
>> c.serialize_children
=> 
"BAhvOjNBY3RpdmVSZWNvcmQ6OkFzc29jaWF0aW9uczo6SGFzTWFueUFzc29j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\nMDEtMTAgMDQ6MTQ6NDY6DEBsb2FkZWRUOgxAdGFyZ2V0WwA=\n"

But no matter what I try to unserialize it, I always get an empty array as the 
result. Is this because of the association overriding my attempt to set a new 
array at the same name? I don't get any errors, but I don't get any data either.

Thanks in advance,

Walter

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