gistfile1.txt

# Permissions
permission = []
[
  { action: "create",  resource: "User",  access: "none"       },
  { action: "read",    resource: "User",  access: "individual" },
  { action: "update",  resource: "User",  access: "individual" },
  { action: "destroy", resource: "User",  access: "individual" },
  { action: "create",  resource: "Shift", access: "none"       },
  { action: "read",    resource: "Shift", access: "individual" },
  { action: "update",  resource: "Shift", access: "individual" },
  { action: "destroy", resource: "Shift", access: "individual" },
  { action: "create",  resource: "Job",   access: "none"       },
  { action: "read",    resource: "Job",   access: "company"    },
  { action: "update",  resource: "Job",   access: "company"    },
  { action: "destroy", resource: "Job",   access: "company"    }
].each_with_index do |params, i|
  permission[i] = Permission.where(params).first_or_create!
end



# Roles
[
  { name: "Administrator", permission_ids: [2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] },
  { name: "Supervisor",    permission_ids: [2, 6, 10]               },
  { name: "Basic",         permission_ids: [6]                      }
].each do |params|
  role = Role.where( name: params[:name] ).first_or_create!

  params[:permission_ids].each do |permission_id|
    puts permission[permission_id].inspect #this works
    role.privileges.create!( permission_id: permission[permission_id].object_id ) #this throws the error below
  end
end

# Error: gems/activerecord-3.2.0/lib/active_record/validations.rb:56:in `save!': Validation failed: Permission can't be blank (ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid)