1 files changed, 32 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile b/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile
index 6e45bf3188..64a68f7592 100644
--- a/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile
+++ b/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ Code examples throughout this guide will refer to one or more of the following m
 
 TIP: All of the following models use +id+ as the primary key, unless specified otherwise.
 
-<br />
-
 <ruby>
 class Client < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_one :address
@@ -440,7 +438,7 @@ And this will give you a single +Order+ object for each date where there are ord
 The SQL that would be executed would be something like this:
 
 <sql>
-SELECT * FROM orders GROUP BY date(created_at)
+SELECT * FROM orders GROUP BY date(created_at) ORDER BY created_at
 </sql>
 
 h3. Having
@@ -461,6 +459,36 @@ SELECT * FROM orders GROUP BY date(created_at) HAVING created_at > '2009-01-15'
 
 This will return single order objects for each day, but only for the last month.
 
+h3. Overriding Conditions
+
+You can specify certain conditions to be excepted by using the +except+ method.
+
+For example:
+
+<ruby>
+Post.where('id > 10').limit(20).order('id asc').except(:order)
+</ruby>
+
+The SQL that would be executed:
+
+<sql>
+SELECT * FROM posts WHERE id > 10 LIMIT 20
+</sql>
+
+You can also override conditions using the +only+ method.
+
+For example:
+
+<ruby>
+Post.where('id > 10').limit(20).order('id desc').only(:order, :where)
+</ruby>
+
+The SQL that would be executed:
+
+<sql>
+SELECT * FROM posts WHERE id > 10 ORDER BY id DESC
+</sql>
+
 h3. Readonly Objects
 
 Active Record provides +readonly+ method on a relation to explicitly disallow modification or deletion of any of the returned object. Any attempt to alter or destroy a readonly record will not succeed, raising an +ActiveRecord::ReadOnlyRecord+ exception.
@@ -664,7 +692,7 @@ Eager loading is the mechanism for loading the associated records of the objects
 Consider the following code, which finds 10 clients and prints their postcodes:
 
 <ruby>
-clients = Client.all(:limit => 10)
+clients = Client.limit(10)
 
 clients.each do |client|
   puts client.address.postcode