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author | Rick Olson <technoweenie@gmail.com> | 2006-03-24 14:46:17 +0000 |
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committer | Rick Olson <technoweenie@gmail.com> | 2006-03-24 14:46:17 +0000 |
commit | 38bae0a9695aeaf200b5d62cee2dba2928c847d9 (patch) | |
tree | 9d22babe8d9ebf70e6e095a4e4e78bcb5ffb0e8a /activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb | |
parent | cb069ea7cc0c530b6d1a3cbd636d728568b3f041 (diff) | |
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Change has_many :through to use the :source option to specify the source association. :class_name is now ignored. [Rick Olson]
git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@4022 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de
Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb')
-rwxr-xr-x | activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb | 70 |
1 files changed, 61 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb index 24ba392190..3a8c484a9b 100755 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module ActiveRecord end def message - "Could not find the association '#{@reflection.options[:through]}' in model #{@reflection.klass}" + "Could not find the association #{@reflection.options[:through].inspect} in model #{@reflection.klass}" end end @@ -32,13 +32,15 @@ module ActiveRecord end class HasManyThroughSourceAssociationNotFoundError < ActiveRecordError - def initialize(through_reflection, source_reflection_names) - @through_reflection = through_reflection - @source_reflection_names = source_reflection_names + def initialize(reflection) + @reflection = reflection + @through_reflection = reflection.through_reflection + @source_reflection_names = reflection.source_reflection_names + @source_associations = reflection.through_reflection.klass.reflect_on_all_associations.collect { |a| a.name.inspect } end def message - "Could not find the source associations #{@source_reflection_names.to_sentence} in model #{@through_reflection.klass}" + "Could not find the source association(s) #{@source_reflection_names.collect(&:inspect).to_sentence :connector => 'or'} in model #{@through_reflection.klass}. Try 'has_many #{@reflection.name.inspect}, :through => #{@through_reflection.name.inspect}, :source => <name>'. Is it one of #{@source_associations.to_sentence :connector => 'or'}?" end end @@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ module ActiveRecord end def message - "Can not eagerly load the polymorphic association '#{@reflection.name}'" + "Can not eagerly load the polymorphic association #{@reflection.name.inspect}" end end @@ -201,6 +203,46 @@ module ActiveRecord # has_many :people, :extend => FindOrCreateByNameExtension # end # + # == Association Join Models + # + # Has Many associations can be configured with the :through option to use an explicit join model to retrieve the data. This + # operates similarly to a <tt>has_and_belongs_to_many</tt> association. The advantage is that you're able to add validations, + # callbacks, and extra attributes on the join model. Consider the following schema: + # + # class Author < ActiveRecord::Base + # has_many :authorships + # has_many :books, :through => :authorships + # end + # + # class Authorship < ActiveRecord::Base + # belongs_to :author + # belongs_to :book + # end + # + # @author = Author.find :first + # @author.authorships.collect { |a| a.book } # selects all books that the author's authorships belong to. + # @author.books # selects all books by using the Authorship join model + # + # You can also go through a has_many association on the join model: + # + # class Firm < ActiveRecord::Base + # has_many :clients + # has_many :invoices, :through => :clients + # end + # + # class Client < ActiveRecord::Base + # belongs_to :firm + # has_many :invoices + # end + # + # class Invoice < ActiveRecord::Base + # belongs_to :client + # end + # + # @firm = Firm.find :first + # @firm.clients.collect { |c| c.invoices }.flatten # select all invoices for all clients of the firm + # @firm.invoices # selects all invoices by going through the Client join model. + # # == Caching # # All of the methods are built on a simple caching principle that will keep the result of the last query around unless specifically @@ -263,7 +305,7 @@ module ActiveRecord # # It's currently not possible to use eager loading on multiple associations from the same table. Eager loading will not pull # additional attributes on join tables, so "rich associations" with has_and_belongs_to_many is not a good fit for eager loading. - # + # # == Table Aliasing # # ActiveRecord uses table aliasing in the case that a table is referenced multiple times in a join. If a table is referenced only once, @@ -423,6 +465,12 @@ module ActiveRecord # * <tt>:offset</tt>: An integer determining the offset from where the rows should be fetched. So at 5, it would skip the first 4 rows. # * <tt>:select</tt>: By default, this is * as in SELECT * FROM, but can be changed if you for example want to do a join, but not # include the joined columns. + # * <tt>:through</tt>: Specifies a Join Model to perform the query through. Options for <tt>:class_name</tt> and <tt>:foreign_key</tt> + # are ignored, as the association uses the source reflection. You can only use a <tt>:through</tt> query through a <tt>belongs_to</tt> + # or <tt>has_many</tt> association. + # * <tt>:source</tt>: Specifies the source association name used by <tt>has_many :through</tt> queries. Only use it if the name cannot be + # inferred from the association. <tt>has_many :subscribers, :through => :subscriptions</tt> will look for either +:subscribers+ or + # +:subscriber+ on +Subscription+, unless a +:source+ is given. # # Option examples: # has_many :comments, :order => "posted_on" @@ -430,11 +478,15 @@ module ActiveRecord # has_many :people, :class_name => "Person", :conditions => "deleted = 0", :order => "name" # has_many :tracks, :order => "position", :dependent => :destroy # has_many :comments, :dependent => :nullify + # has_many :subscribers, :through => :subscriptions, :source => :user # has_many :subscribers, :class_name => "Person", :finder_sql => # 'SELECT DISTINCT people.* ' + # 'FROM people p, post_subscriptions ps ' + # 'WHERE ps.post_id = #{id} AND ps.person_id = p.id ' + # 'ORDER BY p.first_name' + # + # Specifying the :through option + # def has_many(association_id, options = {}, &extension) reflection = create_has_many_reflection(association_id, options, &extension) @@ -953,7 +1005,7 @@ module ActiveRecord :class_name, :table_name, :foreign_key, :exclusively_dependent, :dependent, :select, :conditions, :include, :order, :group, :limit, :offset, - :as, :through, + :as, :through, :source, :finder_sql, :counter_sql, :before_add, :after_add, :before_remove, :after_remove, :extend @@ -1320,7 +1372,7 @@ module ActiveRecord end if reflection.macro == :has_and_belongs_to_many || (reflection.macro == :has_many && reflection.options[:through]) - @aliased_join_table_name = reflection.macro == :has_and_belongs_to_many ? reflection.options[:join_table] : parent.active_record.reflect_on_association(reflection.options[:through]).klass.table_name + @aliased_join_table_name = reflection.macro == :has_and_belongs_to_many ? reflection.options[:join_table] : reflection.through_reflection.klass.table_name unless join_dependency.table_aliases[aliased_join_table_name].zero? @aliased_join_table_name = active_record.connection.table_alias_for "#{pluralize(reflection.name)}_#{parent_table_name}_join" table_index = join_dependency.table_aliases[aliased_join_table_name] |