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Ruby ActiveRecord Basics Query Interface Finding Scopes 2

Posted by Eric Moody
Eric Moody
12,373 Points

Scope question: Trying to find the right syntax to select hampton from first_name

Having trouble figuring this out

person.rb 
class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
  scope :hamptons, -> { where("first_name == ?", Hampton) }
end

# Having trouble?
# Rails has fantastic documentation! Here's the link about scopes:
#
# - http://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_querying.html#scopes
#

1 Answer

Salman Akram
Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 Points

Hi Eric,

So close! Let's try again this way, you need to have double quotes around Hampton on the last part, not first name.

Example:

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
  scope :hamptons, -> { where(first_name: "Hampton") }
end