From: Greg Hauptmann Date: 2008-06-15T19:35:33+09:00 Subject: why can't an instance instantiated within a class method access a protected instance method? ------=_Part_50354_9257287.1213526073743 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi, Why can't an instance instantiated within a class method access a protected instance method? e.g. class Recurring < ActiveRecord::Base def self.reconcile t = Transaction.find(:first) ------=_Part_50354_9257287.1213526073743--