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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib')
-rwxr-xr-x | activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb index 2d4501e678..5535f224c8 100755 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb @@ -135,9 +135,11 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc: # # == Dynamic attribute-based finders # - # Dynamic attribute-based finders are a cleaner way of getting objects by simple queries without turning to SQL. They work by - # appending the name of an attribute to <tt>find_by_</tt>, so you get finders like <tt>Person.find_by_user_name, Payment.find_by_transaction_id</tt>. - # So instead of writing <tt>Person.find(:first, ["user_name = ?", user_name])</tt>, you just do <tt>Person.find_by_user_name(user_name)</tt>. + # Dynamic attribute-based finders are a cleaner way of getting objects by simple queries without turning to SQL. They work by + # appending the name of an attribute to <tt>find_by_</tt> or <tt>find_all_by_</tt>, so you get finders like Person.find_by_user_name, + # Person.find_all_by_last_name, Payment.find_by_transaction_id. So instead of writing + # <tt>Person.find(:first, ["user_name = ?", user_name])</tt>, you just do <tt>Person.find_by_user_name(user_name)</tt>. + # And instead of writing <tt>Person.find(:all, ["last_name = ?", last_name])</tt>, you just do <tt>Person.find_all_by_last_name(last_name)</tt>. # # It's also possible to use multiple attributes in the same find by separating them with "_and_", so you get finders like # <tt>Person.find_by_user_name_and_password</tt> or even <tt>Payment.find_by_purchaser_and_state_and_country</tt>. So instead of writing @@ -737,7 +739,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc: def construct_finder_sql(options) sql = "SELECT * FROM #{table_name} " - sql << ", #{options[:joins]} " if options[:joins] + sql << " #{options[:joins]} " if options[:joins] add_conditions!(sql, options[:conditions]) sql << "ORDER BY #{options[:order]} " if options[:order] add_limit!(sql, options) |