Rails query syntax
ruby-on-rails, syntax
Solution
The first one is rails 3 syntax. And each method used there, i.e, `limit, order, group` are `ActiveRecord:: Relation` method. There are various advantages in using the 1st method. ActiveRecord::Relation is one of the core features of rails 3 apart from asset pipeline etc.
Please read this,
http://asciicasts.com/episodes/239-activerecord-relation-walkthrough
Problem
I'm kinda new on the Rails boat, I would like to know the difference between two types of syntax for queries The first one I tried is: ``` User.limit(8).order('created_at DESC').group('created_at').count ``` The second, which seems to be far more efficient and powerful: ``` User.count(:order =>'DATE(created_at) DESC', :group =>["DATE(created_at)"], :limit => 8) ``` But I don't really understand the use case for both. I'm sure this is something obvious anyway... Thanks!