Fixed counter_sql when no records exist in database for PostgreSQL (would give error, not 0) #1039 [Caleb Tennis]

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@1104 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

activerecord/CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Fixed counter_sql when no records exist in database for PostgreSQL (would give error, not 0) #1039 [Caleb Tennis]
+
 * Fixed that benchmarking times for rendering included db runtimes #987 [skaes@web.de]
 
 * Fixed boolean queries for t/f fields in PostgreSQL #995 [dave@cherryville.org]

activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb

@@ -426,8 +426,14 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
       #   Product.count "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sales s, customers c WHERE s.customer_id = c.id"
       def count_by_sql(sql)
         sql = sanitize_conditions(sql)
-        count = connection.select_one(sql, "#{name} Count").values.first
-        return count ? count.to_i : 0
+        rows = connection.select_one(sql, "#{name} Count")
+
+        if rows.nil?
+          return 0
+        else
+          count = rows.values.first
+          return count ? count.to_i : 0
+        end
       end
         
       # Increments the specified counter by one. So <tt>DiscussionBoard.increment_counter("post_count", 

activerecord/test/associations_test.rb

@@ -250,6 +250,10 @@ class HasManyAssociationsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal 1, Firm.find_first.clients_using_counter_sql.size
     assert_equal 0, Firm.find_first.clients_using_zero_counter_sql.size
   end
+
+  def test_counting_non_existant_items_using_sql
+    assert_equal 0, Firm.find_first.no_clients_using_counter_sql.size
+  end
   
   def test_belongs_to_sanity
     c = Client.new

activerecord/test/fixtures/company.rb

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ class Firm < Company
   has_many :clients_using_zero_counter_sql, :class_name => "Client",
            :finder_sql  => 'SELECT * FROM companies WHERE client_of = #{id}',
            :counter_sql => 'SELECT 0 FROM companies WHERE client_of = #{id}'
+  has_many :no_clients_using_counter_sql, :class_name => "Client",
+           :finder_sql  => 'SELECT * FROM companies WHERE client_of = 1000',
+           :counter_sql => 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM companies WHERE client_of = 1000'
 
   has_one :account, :dependent => true
 end