Comments on: Squirrel and the custom nut matcher http://www.boost.co.nz/blog/ruby-on-rails/squirrel-and-the-custom-nut-matcher/ All the stuff we love - Web design | Usability | Ruby on Rails | Agile and Scrum | eLearing Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:24:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: jeremy http://www.boost.co.nz/blog/ruby-on-rails/squirrel-and-the-custom-nut-matcher/comment-page-1/#comment-169 jeremy Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:27:14 +0000 http://www.boost.co.nz/blog/?p=451#comment-169 @walter: Hi, actually the above example is contrived just to show how squirrel does AND and OR. I'm using squirrel for slightly more complex single queries. @walter: Hi, actually the above example is contrived just to show how squirrel does AND and OR. I’m using squirrel for slightly more complex single queries.

]]> By: Walter McGinnis http://www.boost.co.nz/blog/ruby-on-rails/squirrel-and-the-custom-nut-matcher/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Walter McGinnis Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:22:51 +0000 http://www.boost.co.nz/blog/?p=451#comment-168 Is there a reason you decided against using named_scope for "active = true" aspect of the query? You could then "chain the finders" to constrain your results more. The "updated_at" or semantics do look like a valid use case for squirrel though. Of course, it is 5pm on a Friday when I'm saying all this, so I may be way off base. .-= Walter McGinnis´s last blog - <a href="http://blog.katipo.co.nz/2009/09/04/having-fun-testing-your-application-with-cucumber/" rel="nofollow">Have fun testing your application with Cucumber</a> =-. Is there a reason you decided against using named_scope for “active = true” aspect of the query? You could then “chain the finders” to constrain your results more.

The “updated_at” or semantics do look like a valid use case for squirrel though. Of course, it is 5pm on a Friday when I’m saying all this, so I may be way off base.
.-= Walter McGinnis´s last blog – Have fun testing your application with Cucumber =-.

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