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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb index e262401da6..b06add096f 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb @@ -160,10 +160,10 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc: # # == Dynamic attribute-based finders # - # Dynamic attribute-based finders are a cleaner way of getting (and/or creating) objects + # Dynamic attribute-based finders are a mildly deprecated way of getting (and/or creating) objects # by simple queries without turning to SQL. They work by appending the name of an attribute # to <tt>find_by_</tt> like <tt>Person.find_by_user_name</tt>. - # Instead of writing <tt>Person.where(user_name: user_name).first</tt>, you just do + # Instead of writing <tt>Person.find_by(user_name: user_name)</tt>, you can use # <tt>Person.find_by_user_name(user_name)</tt>. # # It's possible to add an exclamation point (!) on the end of the dynamic finders to get them to raise an @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc: # # It's also possible to use multiple attributes in the same find by separating them with "_and_". # - # Person.where(user_name: user_name, password: password).first + # Person.find_by(user_name: user_name, password: password) # Person.find_by_user_name_and_password(user_name, password) # with dynamic finder # # It's even possible to call these dynamic finder methods on relations and named scopes. |