# Multiple HABTM **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [November 4, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-habtm/119200 "2007-11-04T22:00:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![heldopslippers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b9bd4f/32.png) [@heldopslippers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/heldopslippers)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-habtm/119200/1 "2007-11-04T22:00:28Z")
hee guys… I have a problem with HABTM… I have articles en users… wich are connected to rights… beceause users can have more then 1 right and rights can have more than one user… and the same by articles of course I have 3 models: the user: has\_and\_belongs\_to\_many :rights the article: has\_and\_belongs\_to\_many :rights and rights: has\_and\_belongs\_to\_many :users has\_and\_belongs\_to\_many :articles and 2 join tables. I have a user\_id and I want to list all the articles which he has access to: @user = User.find\_by\_id(2) @right = @user.rights @article\_list= @right.articles but this doesn’t work… Does anyone now how to get multiple articles from one user ? ---
**Author:** ![heldopslippers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b9bd4f/32.png) [@heldopslippers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/heldopslippers)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-habtm/119200/2 "2007-11-05T14:57:54Z")
Hello, You are actually getting a array of rights from this: @right = @user.rights So not a right per se. You should call @right.articles on a Right object… Julien. On Nov 4, 4:00 pm, Heldop S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![heldopslippers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b9bd4f/32.png) [@heldopslippers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/heldopslippers)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-habtm/119200/3 "2007-11-05T17:35:06Z")
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > Hello, > > You are actually getting a array of rights from this: > @right = @user.rights > > So not a right per se. You should call @right.articles on a Right > object… > > Julien. > > On Nov 4, 4:00 pm, Heldop S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Thanxs for the response Julien !! Hmmm I think I dont understand it quit well … is tryed a few things… @right = User.find\_by\_id(1) @article\_list= @right.articles and tryed: @right = User.find\_by\_id(1) @article = @right.articles @article\_list= @articles.articles and: @right = User.find\_by\_id(1) @article\_list = @right.articles.rights but it all doens’t work ☹ I hope someone can tell wat I do wrong… ---
**Author:** ![heldopslippers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b9bd4f/32.png) [@heldopslippers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/heldopslippers)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-habtm/119200/4 "2007-11-05T18:01:35Z")
Heldop S. wrote: > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > You are actually getting a array of rights from this: > > @right = @user.rights > > > > So not a right per se. You should call @right.articles on a Right > > object… > > > > Julien. > > > > On Nov 4, 4:00 pm, Heldop S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > > Thanxs for the response Julien !! > Hmmm I think I dont understand it quit well … > > is tryed a few things… > > @right = User.find\_by\_id(1) > @article\_list= @right.articles > > and tryed: > > @right = User.find\_by\_id(1) > @article = @right.articles > @article\_list= @articles.articles > > and: > > @right = User.find\_by\_id(1) > @article\_list = @right.articles.rights > > but it all doens’t work ☹ > I hope someone can tell wat I do wrong… a little update… If i say that right\_id is 1 than it does work… @right = Right.find(1) @article\_list = @right.articles but if I do: @right = Right.find(:all) @article\_list = @right.articles so I want to select all the right ID’s and have there the articles from it is comming with an error: undefined method `articles’ I hope someone can help me