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diff --git a/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md b/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md index 391551938a..3daa10ea07 100644 --- a/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md +++ b/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md @@ -170,8 +170,27 @@ this gem such as `whitelist_attributes` or `mass_assignment_sanitizer` options. ``` * Rails 4.0 has deprecated `ActiveRecord::Fixtures` in favor of `ActiveRecord::FixtureSet`. + * Rails 4.0 has deprecated `ActiveRecord::TestCase` in favor of `ActiveSupport::TestCase`. +* Rails 4.0 has deprecated the old-style hash based finder API. This means that + methods which previously accepted "finder options" no longer do. + +* All dynamic methods except for `find_by_...` and `find_by_...!` are deprecated. + Here's how you can handle the changes: + + * `find_all_by_...` becomes `where(...)`. + * `find_last_by_...` becomes `where(...).last`. + * `scoped_by_...` becomes `where(...)`. + * `find_or_initialize_by_...` becomes `find_or_initialize_by(...)`. + * `find_or_create_by_...` becomes `find_or_create_by(...)`. + +* Note that `where(...)` returns a relation, not an array like the old finders. If you require an `Array`, use `where(...).to_a`. + +* These equivalent methods may not execute the same SQL as the previous implementation. + +* To re-enable the old finders, you can use the [activerecord-deprecated_finders gem](https://github.com/rails/activerecord-deprecated_finders). + ### Active Resource Rails 4.0 extracted Active Resource to its own gem. If you still need the feature you can add the [Active Resource gem](https://github.com/rails/activeresource) in your Gemfile. |