@team.statements.scoped({ :select => "statements.*, users.first_name", :joins => "INNER JOIN users ON users.id = statements.user_id", :order => 'RAND()', :limit => '100'}).to_json I have two models: Teams and Statements. A statement belongs to a team. When I try to apply a scope to the relation - I can do this with anonymous scopes. Is there a possibility to define a named scope for a relation? When I define it in my Statement Model, it will say method_is missing. Any hints? 2009-06-24T15:38:44+00:00 931 Ruby named-scopes-in-relations 2 2009-07-05T18:56:04+00:00 1228 If you define a named scope on Statement like this: class Statement < ActiveRecord::Base named_scope :random{ :select => "statements.*, users.first_name", :joins => "INNER JOIN users ON users.id = statements.user_id", :order => 'RAND()', :limit => '100'}).to_json end Then you can do @team.statements.random 931 2009-06-26T11:35:01+00:00 174912 Ruby 0 0 Tor Erik Linnerud tel.jklm.no class Team < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :statements do def random find(:all, <other finder options) end end end Team.first.statements.random 931 Tor's refactoring is probably best, but if you wanted to restrict the scoping to the association you can write a method on the association. 2009-07-05T18:55:58+00:00 188881 Ruby 0 0 steved