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ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(your_sql_statement)

Confused when to use the :include vs. :join option? Remember these points: join does not load the association into association include doe...

An ActiveRecord method I did not existed: becomes . Returns an instance of the specified klass with the attributes of the current record. Th...

When I need a default value for a ActiveRecord attribute often I will resort to using a plugin. But in reality, initializing an attribute in...

class Video "score DESC, id" end Video.highest_scores.proxy_options # => {:order=>"score DESC, id"}

Did you know you can call class methods against associations? Admittedly this is a trivial example, but here goes: Class methods also work ...