# Find\_by\_sql

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-by-sql/161973>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 4, 2009, 12:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-by-sql/161973 "2009-03-04T12:17:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![chaitanya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chaitanya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chaitanya)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 12:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-by-sql/161973/1 "2009-03-04T12:17:47Z")

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hello guys

is there any method for retriving table values without a concerned  
model for that table.

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**Author:** ![chaitanya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chaitanya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chaitanya)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-by-sql/161973/2 "2009-03-04T12:21:21Z")

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On 4 Mar 2009, at 11:17, krishna wrote:

> hello guys
> 
> is there any method for retriving table values without a concerned  
> model for that table.  
> ActiveRecord::Base.connection has methods for running arbitrary queries

Fred