# Create ActiveRecord instances from a custom query?

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/create-activerecord-instances-from-a-custom-query/20044>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [November 4, 2007, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/create-activerecord-instances-from-a-custom-query/20044 "2007-11-04T10:53:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Frederick\_Cheung](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/rubyonrails/user_avatar/discuss.rubyonrails.org/frederick_cheung/32/3901_2.png) [@Frederick\_Cheung](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Frederick_Cheung)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/create-activerecord-instances-from-a-custom-query/20044/1 "2007-11-04T10:53:35Z")

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SystemRight.find\_by\_sql 'some chunk of sql'

Fred