Rails 3.2 Can't get data to display from model relations
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I have a complicated web application that has a multi record set on the top half of the page and single record details on the bottom half of the page when I select a record and also as part of the lower details portion I have partials that I update with AJAX that are multi record tables from model relationships, but the problem I'm having is when I try doing a loop through a record set and try to get data through the relationships of that record, the record comes back `nil`.  Here's an example of what I mean.

    <table>
    <% @file.file_entities.each do |i| %>
      <tr>
        <td id="name"><div><a href="#"><%= truncate("#{i.entity.FirstName} #{i.entity.LastName}", :length => 17) %></a></div></td>
        <td id="position"><select><option>Buyer</option><option>Seller</option><option>Lender</option><option>Referrer</option></select></td>
        <td id="pr"><%= check_box_tag('pr_out', i.PRSent, i.PRSent?) %></td>
        <% if EntityContact.where(:EntityID => i.entity.EntityID).phones_callable.first.inspect == nil -%>
          <td id="phone"><div>NONE</div></td>
        <% else %>
          <td id="phone"><div><%= EntityContact.where(:EntityID => i.EntityID).phones_callable.first.ContactDesc %>: <%= EntityContact.where(:EntityID => i.EntityID).phones_ca>
        <% end %>
      </tr>
    <% end %>
    </table>

Where I'm using this to get the value in `ContactDesc`

    EntityContact.where(:EntityID => i.EntityID).phones_callable.first.ContactDesc

It's giving me a nil `EntityContact` model object, but if I put just the `i.EntityID` in this loop then it gives me the `EntityID` and also if I replace `i.EntityID` with an actual `ID` in my where clause above then it will return that record just fine.  So I think `i.EntityID` isn't working in my where clause, but I don't know why?