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diff --git a/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile b/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile index 291989c30e..811f45d8b3 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile @@ -603,14 +603,14 @@ end h3. Joining Tables -<tt>Model.find</tt> provides a +:joins+ option for specifying +JOIN+ clauses on the resulting SQL. There are multiple ways to specify the +:joins+ option: +Active Record provides a finder method called +joins+ for specifying +JOIN+ clauses on the resulting SQL. There are multiple ways to use the +joins+ method. h4. Using a String SQL Fragment -You can just supply the raw SQL specifying the +JOIN+ clause to the +:joins+ option. For example: +You can just supply the raw SQL specifying the +JOIN+ clause to +joins+: <ruby> -Client.all(:joins => 'LEFT OUTER JOIN addresses ON addresses.client_id = clients.id') +Client.joins('LEFT OUTER JOIN addresses ON addresses.client_id = clients.id') </ruby> This will result in the following SQL: @@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ WARNING: This method only works with +INNER JOIN+, <br /> -Active Record lets you use the names of the "associations":association_basics.html defined on the model as a shortcut for specifying the +:joins+ option. +Active Record lets you use the names of the "associations":association_basics.html defined on the model as a shortcut for specifying +JOIN+ clause for those associations when using the +joins+ method. For example, consider the following +Category+, +Post+, +Comments+ and +Guest+ models: |