haven't you just posted about this?  or is this an example of a
duplicate not being removed? :-)

--nahum

On Aug 25, 11:03 am, Richard Hulse <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to get a list of unique items under the current scenario (Rails3):
>
> A 'News' item:
>
>  has_many :categories, :through => :news_categories
>
> I am getting a group of stories thus:
>
> def self.news_feed_stories
>    joins(:news_categories).
>    where("news_categories.id != ?", Category.sport.id).
>    where("news_categories.id != ?", Category.top.id).
>    order('sort_order desc')
>  end
>
> But there are duplicates when a story is in two categories.
>
> I tried adding:
>
>    select("DISTINCT('news.*')").
>
> but I get back no stories.
>
> cheers,
>
> Richard

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