[Rails-core] delete_all with limit

2014-04-03 Thread Isha
Hi, I was wondering if there is a specific reason why delete_all does not accept limits? Ultimately, I want to achieve batched deletes in my application and something like delete_in_batches or even delete_allthat accepts limits would be useful. I can try adding this but wanted to get some

Re: [Rails-core] delete_all with limit

2014-04-03 Thread Matt Jones
On Apr 3, 2014, at 2:28 PM, Isha i...@jadedpixel.com wrote: Hi, I was wondering if there is a specific reason why delete_all does not accept limits? Ultimately, I want to achieve batched deletes in my application and something like delete_in_batches or even delete_allthat accepts limits

Re: [Rails-core] delete_all with limit

2014-04-03 Thread Mohamed Wael Khobalatte
In addition to Matt's suggestion, there is a usual workaround for this that's achieved by copying all ids in batches to a separate table then joining on it. I guess it's tricky to achieve with Rails given this table dependency. How would you solve it if it proves needed? On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at