I think the problem is that you`re trying to call a tasks method from an Array Class, you should do that for a Tab class, so try this, i didn`t tested but i think it can help:
User.find(particular_user_id).tabs.collect {|c| c.tasks}.flatten Good luck, Fernando Santos 2010/12/28 Marnen Laibow-Koser <li...@ruby-forum.com> > bourne wrote in post #971069: > > Given the following relations (see bottom of post) > > n:m Users - Tabs (has_many has_many; trough sharedtabs) > > That should probably be :shared_tabs. > > > 1:n Tabs - Tasks (has_many and belongs_to) > > > > I am stuck in the queries: > > @test = User.find(2).tabs.find(3).tasks <-- all tasks in tab #3 of > > user 2, > > works > > > > I want to query all tasks that belong to all tabs of a particular user > > @test = User.find(2).tabs.tasks <-- undefined method > > tasks > > @test = User.find(2).tabs.find(:all).tasks <-- undefined method tasks > > Of course! Tasks is only defined for individual Tab objects, not for an > array of them. > > What you need to do is create an additional :through relation, so that > User has_many :tasks, :through => :tabs . You may have to use the > nested_has_many_through plugin. > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koser > http://www.marnen.org > mar...@marnen.org > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > 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<rubyonrails-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- 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.