Rails 5 adds OR Activerecord method

This or method was introduced in Rails 5, It returns a new ActiveRecord::Relation which is logical union or two relations.

Example:

  Post.where("id = 1").or(Post.where("author_id = ?", 66))
  => SELECT `posts`.* FROM `posts` WHERE ((id = 1) OR (author_id = 66))

Note: The two relations must be structurally compatible, i.e they must scope same model.

Combining OR with Scope

ActiveRecord or can be used along with the defined scope in the model.

Example:

  class Post < ApplicationRecord
    scope :active, -> { where(active: true) }
  end

  Post.active.or(Post.where("id = ?", 66))
  => returns all Posts where Post are active or Post id is 66

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