Say I have the following in my controller:
#category1
#category2
and I want to find all stores associated with those two categories...
#stores = #category1.stores + #category2.stores
this does work, but unfortunately returns an unaltered Array, rather than a AR::Base Array, and as such, I can't do things like pagination, scope, etc...
It seems to me like there's a built-in way of finding through multiple instance association... isn't there?
##stores = #category1.stores + #category2.stores
#if you want to call API methods you can just add conditions with the category id
#stores = Store.find(:all, :conditions => ['category_id=?', a || b])
With ActiveRecord, whenever you're finding a set of unique model objects, calling find on that model is usually your best bet.
Then all you need to do is constrain the join table with the categories you care about.
#stores = Store.all(:joins => :categories,
:conditions => ['category_stores.category_id in (?)', [#category1.id, #category2.id]])
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I have Team and Players classes and want to return the data in one JSON string which contains Team info but at the same time it displays all the information about the players.
class Team < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :players
end
class Players < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :team
end
I know how to retrieve the information about team and players but not in the same query. Another problem is I don't how to merge the result JSONs in one JSON.
team = Team.last.to_json
player = team.players.to_json
How can I query the info about Team and Players in the same query. I tried:
#team = Team.includes(:players).where(players: {team_id: Team.last}).last.to_json
and it only returns me information about the team. I want a JSON like:
-id
-name
-players
-player
-player
In case it's impossible, how can I merge into one JSON all the information from the two queries.
You can write a "join" to incorporate the players in the team with the team information. At that point you'll have a structure that has the information needed to create the JSON. See "12 Joining Tables" from the Active Record documentation for more information.
Or, you can make two separate queries, then create a bit more complex JSON hash or array allowing you to output both sets of data into one larger serialized object. For instance:
require 'json'
team = {
'name' => 'bears'
}
players = {
'1' => 'fred',
'2' => 'joe'
}
puts ({
'team' => team,
'players' => players
}).to_json
Here's the output:
{"team":{"name":"bears"},"players":{"1":"fred","2":"joe"}}
Here's the data returned back to the Ruby object:
data = '{"team":{"name":"bears"},"players":{"1":"fred","2":"joe"}}'
JSON[data]
# => {"team"=>{"name"=>"bears"}, "players"=>{"1"=>"fred", "2"=>"joe"}}
Also, since you're using Sinatra, it's not necessary to use Active Record. Sequel is a very good ORM, and is my personal favorite when working with Sinatra. You might find it easier to work with.
Another option to manual serialization is to use ActiveModel::Serializer which allows you to define relationships between objects and gives you finer grained choices of what to include when you serialize, what to filter out and what related objects to preload. An alternative could also be Rabl which also has quite a nice API.
If you're just playing around with a small amount of JSON this might be overkill, but it's a nice practice to be more organized
I have two models with the appropriate foreign key created in the people table:
class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :family
class Family < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :people
If I do the following I get an object - #family_members - as an instance variable and I have no problems:
#family_members = Family.find(1)
I can access the 'child' people table fields easily in my view:
#family_members.people.first_name
However, if I use the arel way with "where" etc. I get an "ActiveRecord::Relation", not a normal object, which leaves me stumped as to how to access the same "first_name" field form the people table like I accessed above:
#family_members = Family.where(:id => 1)
or even
#family_members = Family.joins(:people).where(:id => 1)
(is the "joins" even required??)
I understand that using ".first" will cause the query to run:
#family_members = Family.where(:id => 1).first
But it returns an array, not an object, so if I use in my view:
#family_members.people.first_name
I get a "method 'people' unknown" error.
How can I access the 'first_name' field of the people table like I did with the object created by "find" but using an ActiveRecord relation?
* added information 7/15 ********
To clarify what I am looking for -- here is what I would have written if I were writing SQL instead of Arel:
SELECT f.home_phone, f.address, p.first_name, p.last_name, p.birthday
FROM families f INNER JOIN people p ON p.family.id = f.id WHERE family_id = 1
With that query's results loaded into a result set I could access:
myResultSet("home_phone") -- the home_phone from the families table
myResultSet("address") -- the address from the families table
myResultSet("first_name") -- the first_name from the people table
myResultSet("birthdate") -- the birthdate from the people table
If the two tables in the query have a same-named field I would just use "AS" to request one of the fields by another name.
I have used this kind of query/result set for many years in web apps and I am trying to deduce how to do the same in Rails and ActiveRecord.
#family_members.people.first_name shouldn't ever work so I'm surprised you find it working ... #family_members contains a Family object, #family_members.people is an array of Person objects.
The fact that you're calling it #family_members seems to make me think you're expecting it to be an array of Persons... in which case the correct code would be...
#family_members = Family.find(1).people # finds people in first Family object
If you expect #family_members to contain just the first family member, then...
#family_members = Family.find(1).people.first
If you want an array of first names of all family members, then...
#family_members = Family.find(1).people # finds people in 1st Family object
#family_members.map {|member| member.first_name} # array of first_name
#family_members = Family.find(1) and #family_members = Family.where(:id => 1) are functionally identical.. both retrieve the first Family object in the database in each case may contain zero, one, or multiple people.
Just to be clear, the "1" in all examples above refer to which Family object is retrieved, not which Person in the Family.
I'm using the following with datamapper to create/get a new user from my db:
user = User.first_or_create({:id => data['id']})
This gets the user with id = data['id'] or creates it if it doesn't already exist.
I want to know how to set other attributes/fields of the returned object regardless of whether it is a new record or existing?
Is the only way to do this to then call user.update({:field => value ...}) or is there a better way to achieve this?
Well, you could write it as one line:
(User.first_or_create(:id => data['id'])).update(:field => value)
with hashes for the parameters if you wish (or if you need to specify more than one); however, it's worth noting that this will only work if the model as specified by the first_or_create is valid. If :name were a required field, for instance, then this wouldn't work:
(User.first_or_create({:id => data['id'], :name => "Morse"})).update(:name => "Lewis")
as the creation in the first part would fail.
You could get around this by specifying the parameters needed for a new record with something like
(User.first_or_create({:id => data['id'], :name => "Morse"}, {:name => "Lewis"})).update(:name => "Lewis")
but this is unusually painful, and is difficult to read.
Also note that using first_or_create with an :id will attempt to create a model with that specific :id, if such a record doesn't exist. This might not be what you want.
Alternatively, you can use first_or_new. You can't call update on an object created using this, however, as the record won't exist (although I believe this might have worked in previous versions of DataMapper).
Just for anyone coming across this answer, User.first_or_create({:id => data['id']}) does NOT "get the user with id = data['id'] or creates it if it doesn't already exist." It actually gets the first record in the table and changes its id t0 data['id'].
To actually get the first record with that id, or create it if it doesn't exist, you need to use a where clause:
User.where(id: data['id]).first_or_create
I always wondered how to query and get results that doesn't fit in a model. Similar how it's done using LINQ and projecting into anonymous objects.
So here's the simple schema:
# Product.rb
class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :product_views
# attributes: id, name, description, created_at, updated_at
end
# ProductView.rb
class ProductView < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :product
# attributes: id, product_id, request_ip, created_at, updated_at
end
Basically I need to get a list of Products (preferably just id and name) along with the count of views it had. Obviously ordered by view count desc.
This is the SQL I want to get:
select
p.id,
p.name,
count(pv.product_id) as views
from
product_views pv
inner join
products p on pv.product_id = p.id
group by
pv.product_id
order by
count(product_id) desc
I tried the following and similar, but I'm getting ProductView objects, and I would like to get just an array or whatever.
ProductView.includes(:product)
.group('product_id')
.select("products.id, products.name, count(product_id)")
This kind of thing are trivial using plain SQL or LINQ, but I find myself stucked with this kind of queries in Rails. Maybe I'm not thinking in the famous 'rails way', maybe I'm missing something obvious.
So how do you do this kind of queries in Rails 3, and specifically this one? Any suggestions to improve the way I'm doing this are welcome.
Thank you
You can use Arel to do what you're looking for:
products = Product.arel_table
product_views = ProductView.arel_table
# expanded for readability:
sql = products.join(product_views)
.on(product_views[:product_id].eq(product[:id]))
.group(product_views[:product_id])
.order('views DESC')
.project(products[:id],
products[:name],
product_views[:id].count.as('views'))
products_with_views = Product.connection.select_all(sql.to_sql) # or select_rows to just get the values
Yes, it is long, but Arel is a very smart way to deal with creating complex queries that can be reused regardless of the database type.
Within a class method in the Product class:
Product.includes(:product_views).all.map { |p| [p.id, p.name, p.product_views.size] }
Then sort it however you want.
I don't know if there's a way to do it using your models. I would probably resort to:
Product.connection.select_rows(sql)
Which will give you an array of arrays. You can use select_all if you'd rather have an array of hashes.
Try this:
#product = Product.find(#product_id)
#product_views = #product.product_views.count
(Source - http://ar.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Calculations/ClassMethods.html#M000292)
Hope this helps!
how do you retrieve an array of IDs in Mongoid?
arr=["id1","id2"]
User.where(:id=>arr)
You can do this easily if you are retrieving another attribute
User.where(:nickname.in=>["kk","ll"])
But I am wondering how to do this in mongoid -> this should be a very simple and common operation
Remember that the ID is stored as :_id and not :id . There is an id helper method, but when you do queries, you should use :_id:
User.where(:_id.in => arr)
Often I find it useful to get a list of ids to do complex queries, so I do something like:
user_ids = User.only(:_id).where(:foo => :bar).distinct(:_id)
Post.where(:user_id.in => user_ids)
Or simply:
arr = ['id1', 'id2', 'id3']
User.find(arr)
The above method suggested by browsersenior doesn't seem to work anymore, at least for me. What I do is:
User.criteria.id(arr)
user_ids = User.only(:_id).where(:foo => :bar).map(&:_id)
Post.where(:user_id.in => user_ids)
The solution above works fine when amount of users is small. But it will require a lot of memory while there are thousands of users.
User.only(:_id).where(:foo => :bar).map(&:_id)
will create a list of User objects with nil in each field except id.
The solution (for mongoid 2.5):
User.collection.master.where(:foo => :bar).to_a.map {|o| o['_id']}