What is wrong with the following: @sales_orders = SalesOrder.find(:all, :include => [:histories, :routes], :order => ''routes.name ASC'') That should give me a list of all sales orders sorted by route_id, which comes through the histories table. It doesn''t. They are somewhat sorted by route, but not perfectly so. What am I doing wrong? Or is there a find_by_sql phrase I can use here? Here''s my models: class SalesOrder < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :histories has_many :routes, :through => :histories, :order => "routes.name asc" has_many :histories_status, :order => "route_id" has_one :latest_history, :class_name => "History", :order => "id desc" end class History < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :user belongs_to :route belongs_to :sales_order end class Route < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :histories has_and_belongs_to_many :users end Thanks! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---