thanks for the suggestions attributes is a self inherited table so i need to get them i order of top level and down this is part of my current solution
has_many :objects_attributes do def top_level all(:joins => :attribute, :conditions => "attributes.parent_id is null") end def children(id) all(:joins => :attribute, :conditions => ["attributes.parent_id = ?", id]) end end this allows me to access all fields in order desired thanks for your help -- 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.