This is related to the problem and fix posted over a year ago:
http://groups.google.com/group/datamapper/browse_thread/thread/503cfb37c9ca23e5/3031713f309910b1?lnk=gst&q=size+count#3031713f309910b1
dkubb commented out the optimization of size calling count
http://github.com/datamapper/dm-more/commit/35ac591458ba477c875b3541f0b419a2c06f00e7
to use Array#size to properly recognize :limit in the query.
If size recognizes :limit in the query, shouldn't count also?
For instance, dm-pager assumes this of count and breaks on queries with :limit:
http://github.com/visionmedia/dm-pagination/blob/master/lib/dm-pager/pagination.rb
options.merge! :total => count(query), :page => page
(The root cause is probably do_mysql adapter not translating the query correctly.)
Created by Ming - 2010-02-24 20:34:11 UTC
Original Lighthouse ticket: http://datamapper.lighthouseapp.com/projects/20609/tickets/1203