After some research, I moved the creation of the associated objects to the controller#create, where it belongs, really, and the code worked.
I was getting contradictory results in the console because I was using the after_save filter. At first, the various builds/associations done in the after_save filter are reflected in the status of the record in the console. However, the associations/foreign keys were NOT saved since they were created after_save. So when I called up the record from the db again (Course.all), they were gone--tho the associated objects themselves were in the db. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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.

