Hi all, I''m trying to construct a find() without resorting to find_by_sql() - I''m stuck. It seems simple enough, I have 2 simple models: class Game < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :home_team, :class_name => ''Team'', :foreign_key => ''home_team_id'' belongs_to :away_team, :class_name => ''Team'', :foreign_key => ''away_team_id'' belongs_to :league end class Team < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :home_games, :class_name => "Game", :foreign_key => "home_team_id" has_many :away_games, :class_name => "Game", :foreign_key => "away_team_id" end Now I want to return all games from a text search where the search phrase matches (with like %phrase%) the home team name or the away team name. I''ve been trying variation of this to no avail: @games = Game.find(:all, :includes => [ :home_team, :away_team ], :conditions => [ ''lower(game.home_team.name) like ? or lower (game.away_team.name) like ? '', ''%'' + @phrase.downcase + ''%'' ], :order => ''date desc'', :limit => 5) Any suggestions? I''m pulling my hair out and I figure their has to be way besides writing out the SQL query... Thanks!