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Update the section about joins

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Pratik Naik 2010-08-31 00:01:41 +01:00
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h3. Joining Tables
<tt>Model.find</tt> provides a +:joins+ option for specifying +JOIN+ clauses on the resulting SQL. There are multiple ways to specify the +:joins+ option:
Active Record provides a finder method called +joins+ for specifying +JOIN+ clauses on the resulting SQL. There are multiple ways to use the +joins+ method.
h4. Using a String SQL Fragment
You can just supply the raw SQL specifying the +JOIN+ clause to the +:joins+ option. For example:
You can just supply the raw SQL specifying the +JOIN+ clause to +joins+:
<ruby>
Client.all(:joins => 'LEFT OUTER JOIN addresses ON addresses.client_id = clients.id')
Client.joins('LEFT OUTER JOIN addresses ON addresses.client_id = clients.id')
</ruby>
This will result in the following SQL:
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Active Record lets you use the names of the "associations":association_basics.html defined on the model as a shortcut for specifying the +:joins+ option.
Active Record lets you use the names of the "associations":association_basics.html defined on the model as a shortcut for specifying +JOIN+ clause for those associations when using the +joins+ method.
For example, consider the following +Category+, +Post+, +Comments+ and +Guest+ models: