I'm using the below until rails 5 is out (in rails 5 AR supports .or):

ActiveRecord::QueryMethods::WhereChain.class_eval do
  def or(*scopes)
    scopes_where_values = []
    scopes_bind_values  = []
    scopes.each do |scope|
      case scope
      when ActiveRecord::Relation
        scopes_where_values += scope.where_values
        scopes_bind_values += scope.bind_values
      when Hash
        temp_scope = @scope.model.where(scope)
        scopes_where_values += temp_scope.where_values
        scopes_bind_values  += temp_scope.bind_values
      end
    end
    scopes_where_values = scopes_where_values.inject(:or)
    @scope.where_values += [scopes_where_values]
    @scope.bind_values  += scopes_bind_values
    @scope
  end
end

With the above you can do:

MyModel.where.or(attribute1: 1, attribute2: 2)
# or
MyModel.where.or(MyModel.where(some conditions), MyModel.where(some other conditions))

How to accomplish OR operator with Rails 4 (and lower) query , You know how to query models when several conditions need to be true at It is using the Arel library, which ActiveRecord uses itself to create  Arel gem: "SELECT *" missing from where clause in rails; Arel Query CAST operation; Grouping ands and ors in AREL; OR operator in WHERE clause with Arel in Rails 4.2; How to join on subqueries using ARel? How to rewrite this RGeo query using AR/Arel? Arel - Inserting paretheses in the right place; uninitialized constant Arel::SqlLiteral in

More correctly solution based on @bsd answer, but allow arbitrary scopes on input

 ActiveRecord::QueryMethods::WhereChain.class_eval do
   def or(*scopes)
     scopes_where_values = []
     scopes_bind_values  = []
     scopes.each do |scope|
       case scope
       when ActiveRecord::Relation
         scopes_where_values << scope.where_values.reduce(:and)
         scopes_bind_values += scope.bind_values
       when Hash
         temp_scope = @scope.model.where(scope)
         scopes_where_values << temp_scope.where_values.reduce(:and)
         scopes_bind_values  += temp_scope.bind_values
       end
     end
     scopes_where_values = scopes_where_values.inject(:or)
     @scope.where_values += [scopes_where_values]
     @scope.bind_values  += scopes_bind_values
     @scope
   end
 end

P.S. Previous code by @bsd can't correctly work in little difficult case: User.where.or(User.where(rating: 3), User.where(startups: { progress: 100, rating: nil })

Result of old code is wrong:

SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE (("startups"."rating" = 3 OR "startups"."progress" = 100) OR "startups"."rating" IS NULL)

Changed code generate correct:

SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE ("startups"."rating" = 3 OR "startups"."progress" = 100 AND "startups"."rating" IS NULL)

OR queries with arrays as arguments in Rails 4 (Example), A protip by ravicious about rails, activerecord, sql, and arel. the where_values result and inject(:or) will add or statement between the default  Here is a whirlwind tour through the most common relational operators. These will probably cover 80% of all interaction with the database. First is the 'restriction' operator, where: users.where(users[:name].eq('amy')) # => SELECT * FROM users WHERE users.name = 'amy' What would, in SQL, be part of the SELECT clause is called in Arel a projection:

Using raw arel might be a better option:

t = MyModel.arel_table
MyModel.where(
  t[:attribute1].eq(1).or(
    t[:attribute2].eq(2)
  )
)

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Comments

• where_values was removed from Rails 4.2 ... at least when I search the APIs I can find it in 3.x but not in 4.2. That may well be the source of your issue.
• where_values is part of the private API in Rails 4.2... it still exists. The bind values are in bind_values... also private. The recent changes to Arel via AdequateRecord are the cause for the issue.
• Ok, good deal. Was not 100% certain since it was 'removed' from the public API (hence the comment v. answer).
• What does Model.where(conditions).where_values.reduce(:or).to_sql return?
• "(attribute1 = ? OR attribute2 = ?)"
• Where do i define the where chain method?
• where do I put this?
• For anyone reading this and still at rails 4+. This goes as an initializer, it's a monkey patch