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Document a difference between pluck and select [ci skip]

Explain that `pluck` differs from `select` in that it does not construct `ActiveRecord` objects and thus model-level overrides are unavailable.
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Eugene Gilburg 2013-09-04 02:04:36 -07:00
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@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ Client.pluck(:id, :name)
# => [[1, 'David'], [2, 'Jeremy'], [3, 'Jose']]
```
`pluck` makes it possible to replace code like
`pluck` makes it possible to replace code like:
```ruby
Client.select(:id).map { |c| c.id }
@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ Client.select(:id).map(&:id)
Client.select(:id, :name).map { |c| [c.id, c.name] }
```
with
with:
```ruby
Client.pluck(:id)
@ -1484,6 +1484,37 @@ Client.pluck(:id)
Client.pluck(:id, :name)
```
Unlike `select`, `pluck` directly converts a database result into a Ruby `Array`,
without constructing `ActiveRecord` objects. This can mean better performance for
a large or often-running query. However, any model method overrides will
not be available. For example:
```ruby
class Client < ActiveRecord::Base
def name
"I am #{super}"
end
end
Client.select(:name).map &:name
# => ["I am David", "I am Jeremy", "I am Jose"]
Client.pluck(:name)
# => ["David", "Jeremy", "Jose"]
```
Furthermore, unlike `select` and other `Relation` scopes, `pluck` triggers an immediate
query, and thus cannot be chained with any further scopes, although it can work with
scopes already constructed earlier:
```ruby
Client.pluck(:name).limit(1)
# => NoMethodError: undefined method `limit' for #<Array:0x007ff34d3ad6d8>
Client.limit(1).pluck(:name)
# => ["David"]
```
### `ids`
`ids` can be used to pluck all the IDs for the relation using the table's primary key.