Rails 2.3.2 way to do "Item.find( :all, :select => 'DISTINCT fieldname' )"

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Is there a more modern way to do something like:

distinct_items = Item.find( :all, :select => 'DISTINCT fieldname' )

I have found a number of circa 2007 web pages that all recommend the use of :select, and I can't find a :distinct option for #find, but I figured I'd ask.

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