Hi Joe --
Is there a way to specify the default order for models?
No, there isn't.
For the sake of consistency, I think there should be -- when you're doing associations you can specify the order there, (as in has_many :foos, :order => 'created_at desc'), so why not a default order for the model?
You could always override the find method in your model class, though. Something like:
def self.find(*args) if args.first.is_a?(Symbol) args << {} if args.size < 2 args.last.reverse_merge! :order => "#{self.table_name}.name" super args.first, args.last else super end end
That would give you a default order by on 'name', which could be overridden by specifying the :order option explicitly, as per usual.
HTH
/Jeff
