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What is the difference between active record and active relation in Ruby on rails? Please put the light in very basic terms as i am new to the Ruby on rails and learning it on own.

Ahmad hamza
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  • http://j.venator.vc/2011/03/01/arel-active-relation-in-rails-3/ http://magicscalingsprinkles.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/why-i-wrote-arel/ – Sully Sep 26 '12 at 16:58

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I found this video to be a good description:

http://rubyonrails.org/screencasts/rails3/active-relation-active-model

My understanding is that you cannot compare the 2 - ActiveRecord uses ActiveRelation as it's search API (www.railsdispatch.com/posts/activerelation)

Krista
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