From: Alfredo Gama Date: 2007-02-21T12:25:11+09:00 Subject: validates_associated trouble Hello, I need to modelate a genealogical tree with: animal,Dam(Mother) and Sire(Father) the Dam and Sire are Animals then i modelate this: class Animal < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :sire belongs_to :dam validates_associated :sire, :dam end class Sire < Animal has_many :animals end class Dam < Animal has_many :animals end then when i save a new animal the validate doesnt work like this: i have the table Animals ID, Name Father MOther 1 A - - 2 B - - when I insert a new record like this insert(3,C,1,2) its ok! insert(3,C,5,7) its ok too, (the validates is doesnt work) how can i solve this?? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.