# :include =\> :all

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/include-all/122720>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 11, 2007, 9:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/include-all/122720 "2007-12-11T09:40:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ayyanar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@ayyanar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ayyanar)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 9:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/include-all/122720/1 "2007-12-11T09:40:33Z")

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Is there any way to include all the associations in the find method like  
below :include =\> :all

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**Author:** ![ayyanar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@ayyanar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ayyanar)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 10:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/include-all/122720/2 "2007-12-11T10:32:59Z")

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On 11 Dec 2007, at 08:40, Ayyanar Aswathaman wrote:

> Is there any way to include all the associations in the find method  
> like  
> below :include =\> :all

No. And indiscriminately loading associations can actually slow things  
down.