In Ruby, every object has an attached object_id reference. Those long numbers are the ruby object_id's. You more than likely are referencing the object_id mistakenly.
As an example: irb irb(main):001:0> my_object = "" => "" irb(main):002:0> my_object.object_id => 23323808 notice the 8 digit object_id number .. and yours: 37127550 .. 8 digits. -- 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 rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.