# Unknown select query internal to rails?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unknown-select-query-internal-to-rails/130181>\
**Category:** Deployment\
**Created:** [February 26, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unknown-select-query-internal-to-rails/130181 "2008-02-26T04:48:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![ericgoodwin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@ericgoodwin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ericgoodwin)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unknown-select-query-internal-to-rails/130181/1 "2008-02-26T04:48:05Z")

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A few times a day, a query runs on my server that locks everything up:

SELECT \* FROM `<db_name>`.`books` ORDER BY `id`

I have no clue what would generate a query like this. Anyone familiar  
with Rails magic that could answer this question? =)