On Dec 9, 2011, at 2:28 PM, Fresh Mix wrote:
> Two tables:
> Users (id, username)
> Books (id, name, user_id)
>
> User has_many :books
> and
> Book belongs_to :user
>
> How can I order Books by username?
>
> @books = Book.all.order(user.username) ????
@books = Book.includes(:user).order('users.username').all
-or-
@books = Book.includes(:user).all.sort_by {|book| book.user.username }
the first gets the database to return the books in the username order
The second gets the books as ruby objects, then uses the sort_by method to do
the ordering.
-Rob
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