class Developer < User has_and_belongs_to_many :projects, :include => :topics, :order => 'projects.name', :join_table => 'developers_projects' def self.with_poor_ones(&block) with_scope :find => { :conditions => ['salary <= ?', 80000], :order => 'salary' } do yield end end scope :poor, lambda { where(['salary <= ?', 80000]).order('salary') } def self.per_page() 10 end end