How do I set a default sort order for a rails model?

Question

I would like to specify a default sort order in my model.

So that when I preform a find(:all, ...) without an :order parameter it defaults to the order specified in the model, but specifying an :order will override the default.

Answer 1

You can use default_scope: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Base.html#M001828