# Setting "defaults" on AR finds **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 24, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-defaults-on-ar-finds/110260 "2007-07-24T19:03:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkiesch)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-defaults-on-ar-finds/110260/1 "2007-07-24T19:03:07Z")
let’s say i have a Category model. every time i pull the categories, i am writing something along the lines of @categories = Category.find(:all, :order =\> :position) is there a way to put something in the model so that any time i find categories with Category.find(:all), it will automatically sort by the position column unless i specify otherwise? i would like to be able to change something like that in one place instead of passing the same parameters to it every time. i did add something like this to the model which also works: def self.order\_by\_position find(:all, :order =\> :position) end so that i can just do Category.order\_by\_position but was just wondering if there’s a better way. ---
**Author:** ![jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkiesch)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-defaults-on-ar-finds/110260/2 "2007-07-24T19:58:26Z")
> i did add something like this to the model which also works: > > def self.order\_by\_position > find(:all, :order =\> :position) > end > > so that i can just do Category.order\_by\_position but was just > wondering if there’s a better way. One of these might do it… [http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/search?search=scope](http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/search?search=scope)