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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

Data

id	actor_id	movie_id	name
657	593	46	Young Woman in Bath
658	594	46	Old Woman in Bath
659	595	46	Bill Watson
660	596	46	Forest Ranger #1
661	597	46	Forest Ranger #2
662	598	46	Grady Daughter
663	599	47	Guido
664	600	47	Dora

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>