instance method `order`

Ruby on Rails 4.2.9

Since v3.0.20

Available in: v3.0.20 v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

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order(*args)

Allows to specify an order attribute:

User.order(:name)
=> SELECT "users".* FROM "users" ORDER BY "users"."name" ASC

User.order(email: :desc)
=> SELECT "users".* FROM "users" ORDER BY "users"."email" DESC

User.order(:name, email: :desc)
=> SELECT "users".* FROM "users" ORDER BY "users"."name" ASC, "users"."email" DESC

User.order('name')
=> SELECT "users".* FROM "users" ORDER BY name

User.order('name DESC')
=> SELECT "users".* FROM "users" ORDER BY name DESC

User.order('name DESC, email')
=> SELECT "users".* FROM "users" ORDER BY name DESC, email

Parameters

args rest

Source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb, line 317
    def order(*args)
      check_if_method_has_arguments!(:order, args)
      spawn.order!(*args)
    end

Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb line 317 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveRecord::QueryMethods

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