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Asked: 2026-05-23T08:49:41+00:00

I’m learning rails and I’m just trying to get the basics down. I just

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I’m learning rails and I’m just trying to get the basics down.

I just installed devise and created a home controller. If I want to get the number of users (just return the number of records in the db), what should I do from the home controller? It should interact with a model, right? Can the home controller interact with the users model and the home model? Or is that bad practice?

I know I could do a simple google search for this, but I have a lot of questions and Stackoverflow is legit. 🙂

Take it a step further?

How would I get a ‘live feed’ so that the count changes on the home page when a record is added?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can get a count of the users using User.count.

    In your template, you can add something like

    There are <%= User.count %> users.
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