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🕵️‍♀️ Task

Select the first 5 records from the movies table

movies

id (integer)
title (string)
year (integer)
duration (integer)
description (text)
image (string)
director_id (integer)

directors

id (integer)
name (string)
dob (date)
bio (text)
image (string)

actors

id (integer)
name (string)
dob (date)
bio (text)
image (string)

characters

id (integer)
actor_id (integer)
movie_id (integer)
name (string)

📖Method

You can limit the number of records in an ActiveRecord::Relation with .limit. You pass an Integer argument to choose the number of records you want to appear in the collection.

Data

id	title	year	duration	description	image	director_id

Data

id	name	dob	bio	image

Data

id	name	dob	bio	image
67	Sandro Scarchilli
68	Benito Stefanelli	1928-09-02
69	Angelo Novi	1930-06-09
70	Antonio Casas	1911-11-11	He plays soccer three years...
71	Christian Bale	1974-01-30	Christian Charles Philip Ba...	http://ia.media-imdb.com/im...
72	Heath Ledger	1979-04-04	When a young, hunky 20 year...	http://ia.media-imdb.com/im...
73	Aaron Eckhart	1968-03-12		http://ia.media-imdb.com/im...
74	Michael Caine	1933-03-14	Born Maurice Micklewhite in...	http://ia.media-imdb.com/im...

Data

id	actor_id	movie_id	name
73	68	5	Member of Angel Eyes' Gang
74	69	5	Monk
75	70	5	Stevens
76	71	6	Bruce Wayne
77	72	6	Joker
78	73	6	Harvey Dent
79	74	6	Alfred
80	75	6	Rachel

Examples

Select the first 2 records from the persons table

Person.all.limit(2)
=> #<Person::ActiveRecord_Relation:0x00007fa4341e1ee8>

Select the first 10 records from the dishes table

Dish.all.limit(10)
=> #<Dish::ActiveRecord_Relation:0x00007fa4341e1ee8>