ActiveRecord query: where a field is not true

Question

I want to find all records where a field is not true. The working AR syntax for this is:

Dog.where(:stray => [false, nil])

Is there a less verbose way of querying for 'not true'? It really sucks having to cater for this mysql nuance everywhere.

Answer 1

How about a named scope?

scope :not_stray, where("stray IS NULL OR stray = false")

Then use:

Dog.not_stray