ActiveRecord::Relation#last ignores limit

[dmarkow]

The limit option is ignored when calling #last on an ActiveRecord::Relation object:

Item.where("id <= 3").order(:id).limit(2)
# returns records #1 and #2
Item.where("id <= 3").order(:id).limit(2).last
# returns record #3, not record #2 as expected, since the limit is overridden by last
Item.where("id <= 3").order(:id).limit(2).all.last
# executing the query uses Array#last instead of ActiveRecord::Relation#last, and returns #2 as expected

[baroquebobcat]

What would you expect it to return if there were less than the limit number of objects?

The reason limit is ignored is because find_last resets it to limit(1) after reversing the order. Have you tried using offset to get the behavior you want?

[baroquebobcat]

I put together a patch #451

[josevalim]

Closing this in favor of the pull request.