@@ -1,16 +1,31 @@ RandomFinders ============= -Introduction goes here. +Allows quick and easy fetching of random records, or records in random order. -Based on an idea by Mike Burns -http://mikeburnscoder.wordpress.com/2006/08/18/retrieving-random-elements-from-an-activerecord/ +Simply pass the :random to the order in any finder method. + +Examples +======== + +Find a random article + Article.find(:first, :order => :random) + +Randomize photos + Photo.find(:all, :order => :random) + +Caveat +====== -Example -======= +This will not treat you nicely with large datasets. -Example goes here. +Read about it here: +http://daniel.collectiveidea.com/blog/tags/random_finders + +Based on an idea by Mike Burns +http://mikeburnscoder.wordpress.com/2006/08/18/retrieving-random-elements-from-an-activerecord/ + Copyright (c) 2007 Daniel Morrison, Collective Idea (http://collectiveidea.com), released under the MIT license \ No newline at end of file README @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module ActiveRecord class AbstractAdapter def random_function - raise ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid, "This database aadapter does not have random support " + raise ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid, "This database adapter does not have random support " end end lib/abstract_adapter.rb 84a2f9d65f0f16e92f3e49e05f168545bd746085 Daniel Morrison daniel@collectiveidea.com http://github.com/collectiveidea/random_finders/commit/c39cb222789479a56e664ff0b9499128adb13409 c39cb222789479a56e664ff0b9499128adb13409 2007-05-17T11:40:48-07:00 2007-05-17T11:40:48-07:00 Updated readme and fixed a spelling error 406a2133fa27c5a0b2083853335eac53b5535799 Daniel Morrison daniel@collectiveidea.com