# BetterAr

BetterAr adds replaces the .all, .first and .count methods for ActiveRecord.

Now a single hash can be passed to ActiveRecord::Base.all that contains not only the where values but also other scopes like 'limit' and 'order'

    User.all(:age => 10, :limit => 5, :offset => 10, :order => :name)

is the same as

    User.where(:age => 10).limit(5).offset(10).order(:name)

While this may seem less concise the advantage is being able to dynamically construct the query with a single hash in code.

This library completely removes the old .all, .first and .count class methods on ActiveRecord::Base. As these methods were just delegated to the ActiveRecord::Base.scoped they can still be called.

Brian Cardarella - 2011