I''m fairly sure I sent a message like this last night but it has not appeared on the list. I didn''t CC myself because I usually see messages that I post. Anyway, pardon any resulting duplication. I have just had this, and not that MySQL doesn''t actually display where the errror is, only the code after it: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ''?"00149246 " LIMIT 1'' at line 1 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:119:in `query'' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:119:in `execute'' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:230:in `select'' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:97:in `select_all'' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/base.rb:376:in `find_by_sql'' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/base.rb:343:in `find'' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/base.rb:341:in `find'' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/deprecated_finders.rb:22:in `find_first'' So I''d like to propose a patch of the following form: --- ./mysql_adapter.rb.orig 2005-11-09 19:15:20.575395000 -0800 +++ ./mysql_adapter.rb 2005-11-09 19:26:23.411710000 -0800 @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ elsif exception.message.split(":").first =~ /Packets out of order/ raise ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid, "''Packets out of order'' error was received from the database. Please update your mysql bindings (gem update mysql) and read http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/password-hashing.html for more information." else - raise + raise exception.class.new(exception.message + ": SQL was: " + sql) end end so we can see what the MySQL is when this fails. Is this a good idea, the right way to do this, etc? Thank you, Hugh