first(limit = nil)
Instance Public methods
Find the first record (or first N records if a parameter is supplied). If no order is defined it will order by primary key.
Person.first # returns the first object fetched by SELECT * FROM people
Person.where(["user_name = ?", user_name]).first
Person.where(["user_name = :u", { u: user_name }]).first
Person.order("created_on DESC").offset(5).first
Person.first(3) # returns the first three objects fetched by SELECT * FROM people LIMIT 3
Rails 3
Person.first # SELECT "people".* FROM "people" LIMIT 1
NOTE: Rails 3 may not order this query by the primary key and the order
will depend on the database implementation. In order to ensure that
behavior, use User.order(:id).first instead.
Rails 4
Person.first # SELECT "people".* FROM "people" ORDER BY "people"."id" ASC LIMIT 1
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