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diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile b/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile index b13932e8cb..dff829a4c1 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile +++ b/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile @@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ This code will generate SQL like this: SELECT * FROM clients WHERE (clients.orders_count IN (1,3,5)) </sql> -h3. Ordering +h3(#ordering). Ordering To retrieve records from the database in a specific order, you can use the +order+ method. @@ -518,6 +518,13 @@ Client.order("orders_count ASC, created_at DESC") Client.order("orders_count ASC", "created_at DESC") </ruby> +If you want to call +order+ multiple times e.g. in different context, new order will prepend previous one + +<ruby> +Client.order("orders_count ASC").order("created_at DESC") +# SELECT * FROM clients ORDER BY created_at DESC, orders_count ASC +</ruby> + h3. Selecting Specific Fields By default, <tt>Model.find</tt> selects all the fields from the result set using +select *+. |