# Find from helper

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-from-helper/180279>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 16, 2009, 12:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-from-helper/180279 "2009-12-16T12:15:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 12:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-from-helper/180279/1 "2009-12-16T12:15:02Z")

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You can perform an Active Record find() from a helper. I use it to find  
content for pages, like a cms. Mostly one but sometimes for two or three  
areas in the page view so it’s very basic. In this way I make it very  
simple and I don’t need a method in the controller.

Any problems, disadvantages or security issues with that?