# HABTM acting as list on Rails 2

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/habtm-acting-as-list-on-rails-2/126129>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 15, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/habtm-acting-as-list-on-rails-2/126129 "2008-01-15T17:38:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/habtm-acting-as-list-on-rails-2/126129/1 "2008-01-15T17:38:34Z")

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Hi Fellow Railworkers

Now that Rails 2 is the engine, is there an easier way to have a HABTM  
relation act\_as\_list?

The solution outlined in the wiki is pretty ugly:  
[http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowToUseActsAsListWithHasAndBelongsToMany](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowToUseActsAsListWithHasAndBelongsToMany)

Thanks for any hints, -sven