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We are trying to use set_primary_key to cause an existing rails db to use a different primary key. This works find for accessing existing data, but gives an error when we try to add a new record, as it seems to still be accessing the record by the default id field at that point. Are there other changes we need to make to get an alternate primary key working? Thanks, Ken

I have a query that is intended to find all "transfers" based on a condition the uses a second table. In the controller, it looks like this: def find_protocols @transfers = Transfer.find(:all, :from => "transfers, protocols", :conditions => "transfers.protocol_id = protocols.id AND protocols.name = \"#{params[:protocol]}\"") respond_to do