Method: ActiveRecord::FinderMethods#first

Defined in:
activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/finder_methods.rb

#first(limit = nil) ⇒ Object

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 ORDER BY people.id LIMIT 1
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 ORDER BY people.id LIMIT 3


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# File 'activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/finder_methods.rb', line 142

def first(limit = nil)
  if limit
    find_nth_with_limit(0, limit)
  else
    find_nth 0
  end
end