> I run those code in terminal user_instance = User.find(1) => it shows me all the data in the User table and then i run Picture.where(:album_id => :album, :culture_id => user_instance.culture_id).first > =>nil
As others have said, you are not providing enough information to diagnoise the problem. Let's break it down. Find the first user. Does it have a culture_id field? What is it's value? user = User.first Find all the pictures associated with this user. Are there any? Do any have the same culture_id as the user? Picture.where(:user => user) I am guessing you have a particular album in mind, which collates various pictures (why are you using a symbol here?). Does this album contain the picture with the "correct" culture_id? Album.where(:user=> user, :album => album).pictures If the answer to all these questions is "yes", then your code should work. If not, it will tell you excactly where you have gone wrong. -- 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.

