Sql query vs Ruby methods

Rails
1

In am using the following code in my application,both the applications
execute the same result.First one executes fastly than the second
one,How can i modify the second one since it is fetching all the values,
from there it is limiting 5 rather than the first one

User.all.find(:all,:conditions=>[“id not
in(?)”,Person.all],:limit=>5,:order=>‘created_at DESC’)

User.all.find(:all,:order=>‘created_at DESC’).delete_if{|x| x id
Person.all.include?(x)}[0…4]

2

Really both quieries look crazy, and will perform poorly on any
realistic dataset.

I guess Person is a subclass of a User, so if you are using STI just
try:

User.all(:conditions => “type !=
‘Person’”, :limit=>5, :order=>‘created_at DESC’)

Dmitry

3

Dmitry S. wrote:

Really both quieries look crazy, and will perform poorly on any
realistic dataset.

I guess Person is a subclass of a User, so if you are using STI just
try:

User.all(:conditions => “type !=
‘Person’”, :limit=>5, :order=>‘created_at DESC’)

Dmitry

Thanks