I have in my app''s database about 350 ''Programs''. The following code runs in the blink of an eye in the console, but takes for-freakin-ever when in a controller (or the view, for fragment caching): programs = Program.order(:name). @program_groups = programs.group_by{|p| p.name[0, 1]} Any ideas? -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.