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Hello, Is there some built-in facility for fetching the Previous or Next record from a table? Assume the command find_by_name has been issued, and the variable @name contains the name "John Doe". I''m looking for something like find_next(@name) and find_previous(@name). What''s a good way to pursue if one has to roll their own methods? Thanks for the help, gk -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.