method

count

rails latest stable - Class: ActiveRecord::Base

count(conditions = nil, joins = nil)

public

Returns the number of records that meet the conditions. Zero is returned if no records match. Example:

  Product.count "sales > 1"

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb, line 507
      def count(conditions = nil, joins = nil)
        sql  = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #{table_name} "
        sql << " #{joins} " if joins
        add_conditions!(sql, conditions)
        count_by_sql(sql)
      end

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Moved to ActiveRecord::Calculations::ClassMethods

misaka · Aug 28, 20083 thanks

It appears that this method has simply been moved to the module ActiveRecord::Calculations::ClassMethods. You can still use the example listed in the docs here, it will simply call the method ActiveRecord::Calculations::ClassMethods#count.

count

Method deprecated or moved

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Moved to ActiveRecord::Calculations::ClassMethods

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