Hi colin - yes, sorry that was badly worded. Rob's solution is fine but for the record i meant 'datetime' and i should have said
"I want to find the most recent record from the states table before a given datetime, and if that doesn't exist, the first one *after* (or at) that datetime?" cheers, max -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.

