Ruby on Rails: how do I sort with two columns using ActiveRecord?

Question

I want to sort by two columns, one is a DateTime (updated_at), and the other is a Decimal (Price)

I would like to be able to sort first by updated_at, t

Answer 1

None of these worked for me! After exactly 2 days of looking top and bottom over the internet, I found a solution!!

lets say you have many columns in the products table including: special_price and msrp. These are the two columns we are trying to sort with.

Okay, First in your Model add this line:

named_scope :sorted_by_special_price_asc_msrp_asc, { :order => 'special_price asc,msrp asc' }

Second, in the Product Controller, add where you need to perform the search:

@search = Product.sorted_by_special_price_asc_msrp_asc.search(search_params)