From a0946692c13b7d1724cbc86731f3611a7f8177d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Martinez <sebastian@wyeworks.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:34:45 -0300
Subject: Update AR querying guide with #first! and #last! new methods

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 .../guides/source/active_record_querying.textile   | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile b/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile
index 009d541106..484ba796bd 100644
--- a/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile
+++ b/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile
@@ -130,6 +130,40 @@ SELECT * FROM clients ORDER BY clients.id DESC LIMIT 1
 
 <tt>Model.last</tt> returns +nil+ if no matching record is found. No exception will be raised.
 
+h5. +first!+
+
+<tt>Model.first!</tt> finds the first record matched by the supplied options. For example:
+
+<ruby>
+client = Client.first!
+=> #<Client id: 1, first_name: "Lifo">
+</ruby>
+
+SQL equivalent of the above is:
+
+<sql>
+SELECT * FROM clients LIMIT 1
+</sql>
+
+<tt>Model.first!</tt> raises +RecordNotFound+ if no matching record is found.
+
+h5. +last!+
+
+<tt>Model.last!</tt> finds the last record matched by the supplied options. For example:
+
+<ruby>
+client = Client.last!
+=> #<Client id: 221, first_name: "Russel">
+</ruby>
+
+SQL equivalent of the above is:
+
+<sql>
+SELECT * FROM clients ORDER BY clients.id DESC LIMIT 1
+</sql>
+
+<tt>Model.last!</tt> raises +RecordNotFound+ if no matching record is found.
+
 h4. Retrieving Multiple Objects
 
 h5. Using Multiple Primary Keys
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