named_scope is your friend class Download < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :file named_scope :between, lambda{ |start_date, end_date| { :conditions => ["created_at >= ? AND created_at < ?", start_date, end_date] } } named_scope :from_file, lambda { |file| { :conditions => ["file_id = ?", file.id] } } end Download.between("2008-10-01".to_date, "2008-11-01".to_date).from_file(file).count On Oct 21, 1:25 pm, Neal L <neal.lo...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Hi all, > > Suppose you have two models -- one for Files and anther for Downloads > -- such that a file has_many => :downloads > > If you wanted to get a count of the downloads for the current month > and the two previous months, is there a way to get that data from one > query? Something like: > > @file.downloads_for_month( 2008, 10 ) > > where 2008 is the year and 10 is the month... > > Thanks!--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---