From: Sijo Kg Date: 2008-03-03T18:39:01+09:00 Subject: Typecast Hi I have an ActiveRecord class ServiceDesk and a string "ServiceDesk" .How can I convert the string "ServiceDesk" to create a new object of the class ServiceDesk? Concept is made clear below. model = "ServiceDesk" // Now the variable, model, contains the string "ServiceDesk" which is the name of an active record class. I am trying to achieve the following. how can I really achieve this.. Thanks in advance. model.find(29) Sijo -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.