If you simply want to check for the existence of the object there's a method called `exists?`. This method will query the database using the same query as `find`, but instead of returning an object or collection of objects it will return either `true` or `false`.
If you simply want to check for the existence of the object there's a method called `exists?`.
This method will query the database using the same query as `find`, but instead of returning an
object or collection of objects it will return either `true` or `false`.
```ruby
Client.exists?(1)
```
The `exists?` method also takes multiple ids, but the catch is that it will return true if any one of those records exists.
The `exists?` method also takes multiple values, but the catch is that it will return `true` if any
one of those records exists.
```ruby
Client.exists?id:[1,2,3]
Client.exists?(id: [1,2,3])
or
Client.exists?name:['John','Sergei']
Client.exists?(name: ['John','Sergei'])
```
It's even possible to use `exists?` without any arguments on a model or a relation.
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Client.where(first_name: 'Ryan').exists?
```
The above returns `true` if there is at least one client with the `first_name` 'Ryan' and `false` otherwise.
The above returns `true` if there is at least one client with the `first_name` 'Ryan' and `false`
