instance method
first
Ruby on Rails edge
Since v3.0.20Signature
first(limit = nil)Find the first record (or first N records if a parameter is supplied). If no order is defined it will order by primary key.
“‘ Person.first # returns the first object fetched by SELECT * FROM people ORDER BY people.id LIMIT 1 Person.where(user_name: user_name).first Person.order(created_on: :desc).offset(5).first Person.first(3) # returns the first three objects fetched by SELECT * FROM people ORDER BY people.id LIMIT 3 “`
Parameters
-
limitopt = nil
Source
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/finder_methods.rb, line 196
def first(limit = nil)
if limit
find_nth_with_limit(0, limit)
else
find_nth 0
end
end
Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/finder_methods.rb line 196
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