`User.where(id: [[1,2],3])` was equal to `User.where(id:[1, 2, 3])`
in Rails 4.1.x but because of some refactoring in Arel this stopped
working in 4.2.0. This fixes it in Rails.
[Dan Olson & Cristian Bica]
Using the name of an association in `where` previously worked only
if the value was a single `ActiveRecrd::Base` object. e.g.
Post.where(author: Author.first)
Any other values, including `nil`, would cause invalid SQL to be
generated. This change supports arguments in the `where` query
conditions where the key is a `belongs_to` association name and the
value is `nil`, an `Array` of `ActiveRecord::Base` objects, or an
`ActiveRecord::Relation` object.
# Given the Post model
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :author
end
# nil value finds records where the association is not set
Post.where(author: nil)
# SELECT "posts".* FROM "posts" WHERE "posts"."author_id" IS NULL
# Array values find records where the association foreign key
# matches the ids of the passed ActiveRecord models, resulting
# in the same query as Post.where(author_id: [1,2])
authors_array = [Author.find(1), Author.find(2)]
Post.where(author: authors_array)
# ActiveRecord::Relation values find records using the same
# query as Post.where(author_id: Author.where(last_name: "Emde"))
Post.where(author: Author.where(last_name: "Emde"))
Polymorphic `belongs_to` associations will continue to be handled
appropriately, with the polymorphic `association_type` field added
to the query to match the base class of the value. This feature
previously only worked when the value was a single `ActveRecord::Base`.
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :author, polymorphic: true
end
Post.where(author: Author.where(last_name: "Emde"))
# Generates a query similar to:
Post.where(author_id: Author.where(last_name: "Emde"), author_type: "Author")
When using symbol keys, ActiveRecord will now translate aliased attribute names to the actual column name used in the database:
With the model
class Topic
alias_attribute :heading, :title
end
The call
Topic.where(heading: 'The First Topic')
should yield the same result as
Topic.where(title: 'The First Topic')
This also applies to ActiveRecord::Relation::Calculations calls such as `Model.sum(:aliased)` and `Model.pluck(:aliased)`.
This will not work with SQL fragment strings like `Model.sum('DISTINCT aliased')`.
Github #7839
*Godfrey Chan*
Allows you to specify the model association key in a belongs_to
relationship instead of the foreign key.
The following queries are now equivalent:
Post.where(:author_id => Author.first)
Post.where(:author => Author.first)
PriceEstimate.where(:estimate_of_type => 'Treasure', :estimate_of_id => treasure)
PriceEstimate.where(:estimate_of => treasure)
