On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Patrick Doyle <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks!  That's just what I was l looking for.
>
> I still wonder if there is some way to optimize this at the database

> ... I have heard the term "index" used in the context
> of database engines... perhaps I should look into what that means and
> whether or not it is the sort of magic that is supposed to apply to
> this situation.

No, it's not. An RDBMS has no intrinsic sort order, so if what you're
looking for exists at all, it'll be a vendor-specific extension.

> In the mean time, I'll start playing with #default_scope, assuming
> it's present in 2.3.4.

It is.

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