Rails 2: Model.find(1) gives ActiveRecord error when id 1 does not exist

Question

I am using Rails 2.3.5 and in that if I give Model.find(1) and if 1 is not in the database, it returns ActiveRecord error. Should it just be returning nil

Answer 1

Rails 4 Method

if user = User.find_by(id: params[:id]) 
  #do something with user
else
  #throw error or redirect
  raise ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
end