# find\_by\_sql

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/find-by-sql/40039>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [March 4, 2009, 11:17am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/find-by-sql/40039 "2009-03-04T11:17:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![krishna3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@krishna3](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/krishna3)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:17am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/find-by-sql/40039/1 "2009-03-04T11:17:05Z")

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hello guys

is there any method for retriving table values without a concerned model for that table.

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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:** [March 4, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/find-by-sql/40039/2 "2009-03-04T11:20:29Z")

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> hello guys
> 
> is there any method for retriving table values without a concerned model for that table.

ActiveRecord::Base.connection has methods for running arbitrary queries

Fred