How to specify multiple values in where with AR query interface in rails3

Question

Per section 2.2 of rails guide on Active Record query interface here:

which seems to indicate that I can pass a string specifying the condition(s), then an array of

Answer 1

You can use a hash rather than a string. Build up a hash with however many conditions and corresponding values you are going to have and put it into the first argument of the where method.