I''m using UUIDs as keys into my database (stored as CHAR(36)), and additionally have a model that is set to act as a list. In this scenario, I believe that the queries that Acts::List generate are invalid, caused by IDs being strings rather than integers. System info: Rails: 1.1.4 MySQL: 4.0.26 This is the failing query: mysql> SELECT * FROM children WHERE (parent_id e73fd179-e412-452e-8ac2-b7aac4db4ed4) ORDER BY position DESC LIMIT 1; ERROR 1064: 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 ''ac2-b7aac4db4ed4) ORDER BY position DESC LIMIT 1'' at line 1 However, if you put the ID in quotes, everything is OK: mysql> SELECT * FROM children WHERE (parent_id ''e73fd179-e412-452e-8ac2-b7aac4db4ed4'') ORDER BY position DESC LIMIT 1; Empty set (0.00 sec) Note that when using find(), Rails itself uses quotes, for example: mysql> SELECT * FROM accounts WHERE (accounts.id ''c5af5c43-47b3-4e95-a2b7-313b22320945'') LIMIT 1; This is my first post to the list, so I''m not sure where to file bug reports. Trac was down at the time of writing, so I couldn''t query for prior reports either. If any additional info is needed, I can provide it. Any workarounds would be welcome, as well. For now, I''m just going to switch my development database to integer keys. Thanks, Jared Hanson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060718/95f3f647/attachment.html