I know this is kinda basic, but who else could I ask besides you folks? Is there a standard SQL way to indicate that the records in a database should always be returned sorted by a particular column?
Is there a standard (or better) Rails way to indicate the same thing? Is there a non-standard way to do this specific to Sqlite3, MySQL, etc... ? Yes, I know I can do a: parts = Part.find(:order => :number) whenever I want to retrieve a list of parts from my db, but the spirit of DRY doesn't seem to be appeased when I find myself writing this _everywhere_ I fetch parts. I suppose I could write a specific class method for my Part model, or perhaps I could even override the default #find method, but I started wondering if, perhaps, there was a standard SQL way, standard Rails way, or nonstandard db-specific way, to indicate that I always want records returned from my Parts table to be sorted by part number. --wpd --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
