Right, good points. Thanks!

On Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 3:31:04 p.m. UTC-5 Jeremy Evans wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 11:40 AM Lukasz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> What about: Person.select(1).where(name: "Dennis").first.present?
>>
>
> !empty? is more efficient, at least if the record is large:
>
>   DB[:persons].where(name: 'Dennis').empty?
>   SELECT 1 AS one FROM persons WHERE (name = 'Dennis') LIMIT 1
>
> Also, "present?" depends on ActiveSupport, and I would never recommend the 
> use of ActiveSupport unless it was necessary.  Sequel does have some 
> optional dependency on ActiveSupport (e.g. active_model plugin, pg_interval 
> extension), and it's been a source of problems over the years.  Choosing to 
> use ActiveSupport is in a general a poor Faustian bargain.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
>

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