Rails 6.1 supports order DESC for find_each, find_in_batches, and in_batches

Rails 6.1 now supports ORDER BY id for ActiveRecord batch processing methods like find_each, find_in_batches, and in_batches. This would allow us to retrieve the records in ascending or descending order of ID.

Points to remember:

• The ORDER BY clause only works with the primary key column.
• Valid values for the ORDER BY clause are [:asc,:desc] and it’s case sensitive.
• If we use caps or title case (like DESC or Asc) then we’ll get an ArgumentError.

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