Delegate any? and many? to scoped

activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb

@@ -436,7 +436,8 @@ def colorize_logging(*args)
       end
       alias :colorize_logging= :colorize_logging
 
-      delegate :find, :first, :last, :all, :destroy, :destroy_all, :exists?, :delete, :delete_all, :update, :update_all, :to => :scoped
+      delegate :find, :first, :last, :all, :exists?, :any?, :many?, :to => :scoped
+      delegate :destroy, :destroy_all, :delete, :delete_all, :update, :update_all, :to => :scoped
       delegate :find_each, :find_in_batches, :to => :scoped
       delegate :select, :group, :order, :reorder, :except, :limit, :offset, :joins, :where, :preload, :eager_load, :includes, :from, :lock, :readonly, :having, :create_with, :to => :scoped
       delegate :count, :average, :minimum, :maximum, :sum, :calculate, :to => :scoped

activerecord/test/cases/named_scope_test.rb

@@ -236,6 +236,12 @@ def test_any_should_not_fire_query_if_named_scope_loaded
     assert_no_queries { assert topics.any? }
   end
 
+  def test_model_class_should_respond_to_any
+    assert Topic.any?
+    Topic.delete_all
+    assert !Topic.any?
+  end
+
   def test_many_should_not_load_results
     topics = Topic.base
     assert_queries(2) do
@@ -270,6 +276,15 @@ def test_many_should_return_true_if_more_than_one
     assert Topic.base.many?
   end
 
+  def test_model_class_should_respond_to_many
+    Topic.delete_all
+    assert !Topic.many?
+    Topic.create!
+    assert !Topic.many?
+    Topic.create!
+    assert Topic.many?
+  end
+
   def test_should_build_on_top_of_named_scope
     topic = Topic.approved.build({})
     assert topic.approved

railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile

@@ -800,6 +800,26 @@ Client.exists?
 
 The above returns +false+ if the +clients+ table is empty and +true+ otherwise.
 
+You can also use +any?+ and +many?+ to check for existence on a model or relation.
+
+<ruby>
+# via a model
+Post.any?
+Post.many?
+
+# via a named scope
+Post.recent.any?
+Post.recent.many?
+
+# via a relation
+Post.where(:published => true).any?
+Post.where(:published => true).many?
+
+# via an association
+Post.first.categories.any?
+Post.first.categories.many?
+</ruby>
+
 h3. Calculations
 
 This section uses count as an example method in this preamble, but the options described apply to all sub-sections.