# Legacy Schemas dynamic find **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 11, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/legacy-schemas-dynamic-find/160101 "2009-02-11T20:35:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rambor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9de053/32.png) [@rambor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rambor)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/legacy-schemas-dynamic-find/160101/1 "2009-02-11T20:35:50Z")
Hello, I’m trying to put a rails face on a legacy database. It is an old Sybase 11 database installation. I’ve gotten an ODBC connection working that uses unixODBC and FreeTDS to work. I’m also using the activerecord-odbc-adapter gem. I’ve had to use set\_table\_name and set\_primary\_key to make it work so far. However, none of the dynamic find\_by methods work. I always get a method missing error. Also, find through association doesn’t work as well with the same error. Normal finds on the models work, but I was hoping I can shorthand some of this. Am I SOL on this because it’s a legacy DB or is there something I can do or check to make that work? If I can, that would save me some work writing find\_by\_sql calls. Thank you.