Override default find conditions for model
Here is a little trick I use when I want to override a find method for a model, instead of adding the conditions option to my association. While I don’t think you should avoid using the conditions options in your associations, this will provide an alternative:
class ModelName < ActiveRecord::Base def self.find(*args) with_scope(:find=>{ :conditions=>LIMIT_CONDITION }) do super(*args) end end end
Basically what is happening, is that you are overriding the default find function for a model, and wrapping its own find method with a with_scope call. So now everytime you call Model.find(:all) or whatever options you want, it will execute it under that scope, with the conditions you specify.
What if you want to do for all the models i.e. for ActiveRecord::Base ??
Also, this does not work with associations.
So @blog.posts.find will still not retrieve only non-deleted posts even if above method is defined in posts model. How can we get over this ?
I will appreciate if you could please mail me the solution
Comment by AJ — June 28, 2008 @ 11:10 am