--- title: "Rails 6.1 Blogs" description: "BigBinary blog posts in the Rails 6.1 category." canonical_url: "https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/categories/rails-6-1" markdown_url: "https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/categories/rails-6-1.md" --- # Rails 6.1 Blogs BigBinary blog posts in the Rails 6.1 category. ## Posts ### Rails 6.1 adds invert_where method [Rails 6.1 adds invert_where method](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-adds-invert_where) - Author: Chimed Palden - Published: May 4, 2021 - Categories: Rails, Rails 6.1 Rails 6.1 adds invert_where method ### Rails 6.1 adds in: option to validate numeric ranges [Rails 6.1 adds in: option to validate numeric ranges](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-adds-validate-numericality-in-range-option) - Author: Akanksha Jain - Published: April 14, 2021 - Categories: Rails, Rails 6.1 Rails 6.1 adds support for validating numeric values that fall within a specific range using the \`in:\` option ### Rails 6.1 adds delegated_type to ActiveRecord [Rails 6.1 adds delegated_type to ActiveRecord](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-adds-delegated-type-to-active-record) - Author: Akhil Gautam - Published: April 6, 2021 - Categories: Rails, Rails 6.1 Rails 6.1 adds delegated_type to ActiveRecord ### Rails 6.1 adds nulls_first and nulls_last to Arel [Rails 6.1 adds nulls_first and nulls_last to Arel](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-adds-nulls-first-and-nulls-last-to-arel) - Author: Berin Larson - Published: March 9, 2021 - Categories: Rails, Rails 6.1 Rails 6.1 adds nulls_first and nulls_last methods to Arel for PostgreSQL ### Rails 6.1 adds support for PostgreSQL interval data type [Rails 6.1 adds support for PostgreSQL interval data type](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-adds-postgresql-interval-data-type) - Author: Akhil Gautam - Published: January 26, 2021 - Categories: Rails, Rails 6.1 Rails 6.1 adds support for PostgreSQL interval data type ### Rails 6.1 allows per environment Active Storage config [Rails 6.1 allows per environment Active Storage config](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-allows-per-environment-configuration-support-for-active-storage) - Author: Shashank - Published: January 20, 2021 - Categories: Rails, Rails 6.1 Rails 6.1 allows per environment configuration support for Active Storage ### Rails 6.1 adds support for belongs_to to has_many inversing [Rails 6.1 adds support for belongs_to to has_many inversing](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-adds-support-for-belongs_to-to-has_many-inversing) - Author: Siddharth Shringi - Published: January 19, 2021 - Categories: Rails, Rails 6.1 Rails 6.1 adds support for belongs_to to has_many inversing ### Database-specific rake tasks for multi-database apps [Database-specific rake tasks for multi-database apps](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-adds-additional-database-specific-tasks) - Author: Amit Gupta - Published: January 13, 2021 - Categories: Rails 6.1, Rails Additional database-specific rake tasks for multi-database users ### Rails 6.1 adds strict_loading to catch lazy loading [Rails 6.1 adds strict_loading to catch lazy loading](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-adds-strict_loading-to-warn-lazy-loading-associations) - Author: Dinesh Panda - Published: January 6, 2021 - Categories: Rails, Rails 6.1 Rails 6.1 adds strict_loading to warn lazy loading associations ### Rails 6.1 allows default_scope to be run on all queries [Rails 6.1 allows default_scope to be run on all queries](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-allows-default_scope-to-be-run-on-all-queries) - Author: Unnikrishnan KP - Published: December 29, 2020 - Categories: Rails 6.1, Rails Rails 6.1 allows default_scope to be run on all queries ### Rails 6.1 adds where.associated for association presence [Rails 6.1 adds where.associated for association presence](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-adds-where-associated-to-check-association-presence) - Author: Nithin Krishna - Published: December 18, 2020 - Categories: Rails, Rails 6.1 Rails 6.1 adds where.associated to check association presence ### Rails 6.1 raises on impossible camelcase inflections [Rails 6.1 raises on impossible camelcase inflections](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-raises-error-for-impossible-camelcase-inflections) - Author: Yedhin Kizhakkethara - Published: December 15, 2020 - Categories: Rails, Rails 6.1 Rails 6.1 raises an error if camelcase inflection is not possible with Rails generator ### Rails 6.1 allows associations to be destroyed asynchronously [Rails 6.1 allows associations to be destroyed asynchronously](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-allows-associations-to-support-destroy_async-option-with-dependent-key) - Author: Srijan Kapoor - Published: December 8, 2020 - Categories: Rails 6.1, Rails Rails 6.1 allows associations to support destroy_async option with dependent key ### Rails 6.1 adds values_at attribute method for Active Record [Rails 6.1 adds values_at attribute method for Active Record](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-adds-values_at-attribute-method-for-active-record) - Author: Chetan Gawai - Published: November 17, 2020 - Categories: Rails 6.1, Rails Rails 6.1 adds values_at attribute method for Active Record ### Skipping the test database with SKIP_TEST_DATABASE [Skipping the test database with SKIP_TEST_DATABASE](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/database-tasks-can-skip_test_database-with-an-environment-variable) - Author: Sandip Mane - Published: October 27, 2020 - Categories: Rails 6.1, Rails Rails 6.1 adds ability to skip modifying test database in database tasks with an environment variable. ### Rails 6.1 supports ORDER BY in batch processing [Rails 6.1 supports ORDER BY in batch processing](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-supports-order-desc-for-find_each-find_in_batches-and-in_batches) - Author: Sagar Patil - Published: October 22, 2020 - Categories: Rails 6.1, Rails Rails 6.1 supports order DESC for find_each, find_in_batches, and in_batches ### Rails 6.1 deprecates structure:dump/load rake tasks [Rails 6.1 deprecates structure:dump/load rake tasks](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-deprecates-rails-db-structure-dump) - Author: Chetan Gawai - Published: September 22, 2020 - Categories: Rails 6.1, Rails Rails 6.1 deprecates rails db:structure:dump and rails db:structure:load ### Rails 6.1 adds --minimal option support [Rails 6.1 adds --minimal option support](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-adds-minimal-option-support) - Author: Sandip Mane - Published: September 8, 2020 - Categories: Rails 6.1, Rails Rails 6.1 adds --minimal support to create bare minimum app ### Rails 6.1 raises on rollback with multiple databases [Rails 6.1 raises on rollback with multiple databases](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-raises-on-db-rollback-for-multiple-database-applications) - Author: Srijan Kapoor - Published: August 12, 2020 - Categories: Rails 6.1, Rails Rails 6.1 raises on db:rollback for multiple database applications ### Rails 6.1 creates abstract classes in multiple database mode [Rails 6.1 creates abstract classes in multiple database mode](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-automatically-generates-abstract-class-when-using-multiple-databases) - Author: Akhil Gautam - Published: August 4, 2020 - Categories: Rails 6.1, Rails Rails 6.1 automatically generates abstract class when generating scaffold in another database ### Rails 6.1 deprecates exit statements in transactions [Rails 6.1 deprecates exit statements in transactions](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-deprecates-the-use-of-return-break-or-throw-to-exit-a-transaction-block) - Author: Sandip Mane - Published: August 4, 2020 - Categories: Rails 6.1, Rails Rails 6.1 deprecates the use of return, break or throw to exit a transaction block ### Rails 6.1 adds annotate_rendered_view_with_filenames [Rails 6.1 adds annotate_rendered_view_with_filenames](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-adds-annotate_rendered_view_with_filenames-to-annotate-html-output) - Author: Akhil Gautam - Published: July 29, 2020 - Categories: Rails 6.1, Rails Rails 6.1 adds ActionView::Base.annotate_rendered_view_with_filenames to annotate HTML output ### Rails 6.1 allows a default value for enum attributes [Rails 6.1 allows a default value for enum attributes](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-allows-enums-attributes-to-have-default-value) - Author: Abhay Nikam - Published: July 21, 2020 - Categories: Rails 6.1, Rails Rails 6.1 allows enums attributes to configure the default value ### Rails 6.1 adds support for where with a comparison operator [Rails 6.1 adds support for where with a comparison operator](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-adds-support-for-where-with-comparison-operator) - Author: Abhay Nikam - Published: July 14, 2020 - Categories: Rails 6.1, Rails Rails 6.1 adds support for where with a comparison operator ### Rails 6.1 tracks Active Storage variant in the database [Rails 6.1 tracks Active Storage variant in the database](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-tracks-active-storage-variant-in-the-database) - Author: Abhay Nikam - Published: June 30, 2020 - Categories: Rails 6.1, Rails Rails 6.1 tracks Active Storage variant in the database ### Rails 6.1 introduces class_names helper [Rails 6.1 introduces class_names helper](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-introduces-class_names-helper) - Author: Abhay Nikam - Published: February 4, 2020 - Categories: Rails 6.1, Rails Rails 6.1 introduces class_names helper to conditionally add CSS classes. ### Rails 6.1 adds \*\_previously_was attribute methods [Rails 6.1 adds \*\_previously_was attribute methods](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-1-adds-_previously_was-attribute-methods) - Author: Abhay Nikam - Published: December 3, 2019 - Categories: Rails 6.1, Rails Rails 6.1 adds \*\_previously_was attribute methods for dirty tracking ## Links - [Human page](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/categories/rails-6-1)