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diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md index 24dea0ec46..4675730bd0 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md +++ b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md @@ -1731,10 +1731,13 @@ Client.find_by_sql("SELECT * FROM clients ### `select_all` -`find_by_sql` has a close relative called `connection#select_all`. `select_all` will retrieve objects from the database using custom SQL just like `find_by_sql` but will not instantiate them. This method will return an instance of `ActiveRecord::Result` class and calling `to_hash` on this object would return you an array of hashes where each hash indicates a record. +`find_by_sql` has a close relative called `connection#select_all`. `select_all` will retrieve +objects from the database using custom SQL just like `find_by_sql` but will not instantiate them. +This method will return an instance of `ActiveRecord::Result` class and calling `to_a` on this +object would return you an array of hashes where each hash indicates a record. ```ruby -Client.connection.select_all("SELECT first_name, created_at FROM clients WHERE id = '1'").to_hash +Client.connection.select_all("SELECT first_name, created_at FROM clients WHERE id = '1'").to_a # => [ # {"first_name"=>"Rafael", "created_at"=>"2012-11-10 23:23:45.281189"}, # {"first_name"=>"Eileen", "created_at"=>"2013-12-09 11:22:35.221282"} |