Sort by date in descending order in ruby in rails

Question

I would like to sort my list in a descending order by date which as a "New user list", in the database I have a column which is

t.datetime "created_at",                                      null: false  

This is the time when a new user registered, in the view, I have the code like this:

%table.table.table-striped.table-hover
      %thead
      %h3 New Users
      %hr
        %th Name
        %th Company
        %th Role
        %th Created date
        %th{:width => '50'}
        %th{:width => '50'}
        %th{:width => '50'}
      %tbody
      - @users.each do |user|
        -if user.role == "trial-member"
          - @created_at.sort{|a,b| b.created_at <=> a.created_at}.each do |created_at|
            %tr
            %td
              = user.first_name
              = user.last_name
            %td= user.company
            %td= user.role
            %td= user.created_at
            %td= link_to 'Approve', edit_user_path(user),  {:class => 'btn btn-success btn-sm'}

but this gives an error that "undefined method `sort' for nil:NilClass", what shall I do to sort the list in table descending by created date? Thank you.

Answer 1

In your controller:

@users = User.order('created_at DESC')

Just add: order('created_at DESC') in your logic where you're fetching @users.

In your view, you can now get rid off of - @created_at.sort{|a,b| b.created_at <=> a.created_at}.each:

%h3 New Users
%table.table.table-striped.table-hover
  %thead
    %tr
      %th Name
      %th Company
      %th Role
      %th Created date
      %th{:width => '50'}
      %th{:width => '50'}
      %th{:width => '50'}
  %tbody
    - @users.each do |user|
      -if user.role == "trial-member"
        %tr
          %td
            = user.first_name
            = user.last_name
          %td= user.company
          %td= user.role
          %td= user.created_at
          %td= link_to 'Approve', edit_user_path(user),  {:class => 'btn btn-success btn-sm'}

Error you are seeing is because @created_at is not an enumerable object, hence it does not respond to sort.