# collect relationships. currently done in one big block at the end;
# may need to move this upwards if people want automatic completion of
# relationships, i.e. deliver referenced objects like we do with ways...
+ return [] if node_ids.empty? and node_ids.empty?
relations = Array.new
if node_ids.length > 0
relations += Relation.find_by_sql("select e.* from current_relations e,current_relation_members em where " +