instance method count

Ruby on Rails 5.0.7.2

Since v4.0.13

Available in: v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.11.3 v5.0.7.2 v5.1.7 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6.1 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3.2 v8.0.5.1 v8.1.3.1 edge

Signature

count(column_name = nil)

Count all records using SQL.

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :pets
end

person.pets.count # => 3
person.pets
# => [
#       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
#       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
#       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
#    ]

Parameters

column_name opt = nil
Source
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb, line 730
      def count(column_name = nil)
        @association.count(column_name)
      end

Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb line 730 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveRecord::Associations::CollectionProxy

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