# Select max(draw)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-max-draw/113855>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 5, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-max-draw/113855 "2007-09-05T17:22:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Dion\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@Dion\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dion_H)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-max-draw/113855/1 "2007-09-05T17:22:12Z")

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how would you do this in active record

SELECT max(draw) FROM draws

cheers

dion

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**Author:** ![Dion\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@Dion\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dion_H)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-max-draw/113855/2 "2007-09-05T17:29:16Z")

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> SELECT max(draw) FROM draws

Draw.maximum(:draw)

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**Author:** ![Dion\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@Dion\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dion_H)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-max-draw/113855/3 "2007-09-05T17:44:20Z")

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awesome

cheers guy

found it under

ActiveRecord::Calculations::ClassMethods