Ruby on Rails

RailsFan Radha wrote:
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> What is the bext practice in this case? (Yes, I always want to show the
> active records only ).
> Using find_by_sql or using a condition in the find :all ? ( I like SQLs,
> but as far as the performance goes which approach is better? )

The performance is probably equivalent. The maintainability, however,
is not. find_by_sql locks your code to one DB server and makes it less
maintainable. *Do not* use find_by_sql unless you have no other choice
-- write your code with ActiveRecord find syntax whenever possible.

>
>
> Can someone throw light in this please?
>
> - thanks

Best,
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