Rails - Jul 2005 - How Should I Do A find_by_sql when I am querying a view?

Sometimes I query a view as opposed to a table and I don''t think it  
is natural for me to call the find_by_sql on just one of my models  
that it is closely related to it.  Is it possible to do a find_by_sql  
on a neutral model i.e. one that is not attached to a specify table?

Thanks

John Kopanas