2009/6/29 Rob Biedenharn <[email protected]>: > > On Jun 29, 2009, at 5:31 PM, Shandy Nantz wrote: >> I have a model for users and another model for linenumbers and I have >> some code that looks like: >> >> @user.linenumbers.each do |line| >> >> end >> >> and it loops through a user and their line numbers. What if I want to >> order this list, is there a way to do that? >> >> I know I could just put these linenumbers into an a find statement >> in my >> controller and order it that way, but I would rather not do that way. >> Thanks, >> >> -S >> -- > > Well, after first thinking "Why not?" I'll offer this (it's only Ruby): > > @user.linenumbers.sort_by{|line| line.number}.each do |line| > #... > end > > But I'll still suggest: > > class User > has_many :linenumbers, :order => 'number' > end > > Or perhaps a named scope is OK, > > class Linenumber > named_scope :ordered, :order => 'number' > end
Or default_scope :order => 'number' if linenumbers are always to be sorted. Coli9n --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
