I’ve started using the all method instead of find(:all) for fetching records – mainly because it’s shorter to type, but it’s also easy to override with a named scope. Just create a named_scope called all to set whatever default conditions and order you want. You can always use find(:all) if you want the non-scoped records.
named_scope :all, {
:order => 'last_name',
:conditions => 'activated_at IS NOT NULL'
}Thoughts, corrections and objections welcome in the comments.
And the ensuing discussion…
A quick list of steps I use to set up a LAMP server on Slicehost or Linode.
An environment variable can prevent creation of ._filename files.
Use the find command to delete all of the ._* and .DS_Store files.
I find it useful to keep a few extra items in my Finder toolbar.
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Nov 14th, 2008 at 1:43 pm Chris O'Sullivan
Neat idea - I’m using this immediately!