Module | ActiveRecord::NamedScope
In: | lib/active_record/named_scope.rb

### Methods

included

### Classes and Modules

Module ActiveRecord::NamedScope::ClassMethods
Class ActiveRecord::NamedScope::Scope

### Public Class methods

included(base)

All subclasses of ActiveRecord::Base have two named_scopes:

- `all`, which is similar to a `find(:all)` query, and
- `scoped`, which allows for the creation of anonymous scopes, on the fly: `Shirt.scoped(:conditions => {:color => ‘red’}).scoped(:include => :washing_instructions)`

These anonymous scopes tend to be useful when procedurally generating complex queries, where passing intermediate values (scopes) around as first-class objects is convenient.

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