Hello, Michael J. I. Jackson schrieb: > You could do something like this: > > Address.find(:all, :conditions => ['? LIKE ?', > Address.connection.quote_column_name("last_name"), "Luehr" ]) > > It's a bit more verbose, but I think it should work. ehm no: SELECT * FROM `addresses` WHERE ('`last_name`' LIKE 'Luehr') Keep smiling yanosz