Fix eager loading associations with string joins not to raise NoMethodError

Fixes #34456.

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/eager_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/eager_test.rb
index 49bcb1d010..9ed25ca7c2 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/eager_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/eager_test.rb
@@ -101,6 +101,17 @@ class EagerAssociationTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     assert_equal [taggings(:normal_comment_rating)], rating.taggings_without_tag
   end
 
+  def test_loading_association_with_string_joins
+    rating = Rating.first
+    assert_equal [taggings(:normal_comment_rating)], rating.taggings_with_no_tag
+
+    rating = Rating.preload(:taggings_with_no_tag).first
+    assert_equal [taggings(:normal_comment_rating)], rating.taggings_with_no_tag
+
+    rating = Rating.eager_load(:taggings_with_no_tag).first
+    assert_equal [taggings(:normal_comment_rating)], rating.taggings_with_no_tag
+  end
+
   def test_loading_with_scope_including_joins
     member = Member.first
     assert_equal members(:groucho), member
diff --git a/activerecord/test/models/rating.rb b/activerecord/test/models/rating.rb
index 49aa38285f..2a18ea45ac 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/models/rating.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/models/rating.rb
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ class Rating < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :comment
   has_many :taggings, as: :taggable
   has_many :taggings_without_tag, -> { left_joins(:tag).where("tags.id": nil) }, as: :taggable, class_name: "Tagging"
+  has_many :taggings_with_no_tag, -> { joins("LEFT OUTER JOIN tags ON tags.id = taggings.tag_id").where("tags.id": nil) }, as: :taggable, class_name: "Tagging"
 end