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Ruby ActiveRecord Basics Query Interface Finding Scopes 2

Ace Motanya
Ace Motanya
31,756 Points
Posted by Ace Motanya
Ace Motanya
31,756 Points

Build a finder scope called hamptons to find all people with the first_name "Hampton"

I do not think I am querying against the current Person or something but I have tried everything and nothing will work. I have tried using self.first_name and @first_name.

4 Answers

Ace Motanya
Ace Motanya
31,756 Points
Ace Motanya
Ace Motanya
31,756 Points

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base

scope :hamptons, -> { where(first_name: "Hampton")}

end

Ace Motanya
Ace Motanya
31,756 Points
Ace Motanya
Ace Motanya
31,756 Points

Oh, nevermind. I got it working, with first_name: "Hampton"

I had an extra comma between it.

Brad Lait
Brad Lait
8,343 Points
Brad Lait
Brad Lait
8,343 Points

Sorry I am having the same problem what is the full answer?

priscillapwood
priscillapwood
5,521 Points

Here's the answer:

scope :hamptons, -> { where(first_name: "Hampton")}

Jose Ramos
Jose Ramos
785 Points
Jose Ramos
Jose Ramos
785 Points

How is "scope :hamptons, -> { where("first_name = ?", "Hampton") }" not an acceptable answer... ?