3 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb
index 8b97dbe5bf..cdd3b5114a 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb
@@ -168,8 +168,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
         id = ids.first
 
-        return super if id.kind_of?(Array) ||
-                         id.is_a?(ActiveRecord::Base)
+        return super if StatementCache.unsupported_value?(id)
 
         key = primary_key
 
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
         hash = args.first
 
         return super if !(Hash === hash) || hash.values.any? { |v|
-          v.nil? || Array === v || Hash === v || Relation === v || Base === v
+          StatementCache.unsupported_value?(v)
         }
 
         # We can't cache Post.find_by(author: david) ...yet
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/statement_cache.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/statement_cache.rb
index 64657089b5..2af7d00246 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/statement_cache.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/statement_cache.rb
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
       klass.find_by_sql(sql, bind_values, preparable: true, &block)
     end
-    alias :call :execute
+
+    def self.unsupported_value?(value)
+      case value
+      when NilClass, Array, Range, Hash, Relation, Base then true
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/finder_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/finder_test.rb
index 0b4dce37cc..a0d87dfb90 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/finder_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/finder_test.rb
@@ -1179,6 +1179,10 @@ class FinderTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     assert_equal posts(:eager_other), Post.find_by("id = ?", posts(:eager_other).id)
   end
 
+  test "find_by with range conditions returns the first matching record" do
+    assert_equal posts(:eager_other), Post.find_by(id: posts(:eager_other).id...posts(:misc_by_bob).id)
+  end
+
   test "find_by returns nil if the record is missing" do
     assert_nil Post.find_by("1 = 0")
   end