From: Aldric Giacomoni Date: 2009-09-30T02:26:31+09:00 Subject: Re: Sequel accessor methods I have no idea what we're working with, but the Rails framework (I think activerecord in particular) could help you here, because it implements things like: DataBase.find_or_create_by_id :id Which does exactly what you think it does. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.