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-rw-r--r--activerecord/CHANGELOG.md5
-rw-r--r--activerecord/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb9
-rw-r--r--activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb18
-rw-r--r--activerecord/test/models/developer.rb5
-rw-r--r--activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb1
5 files changed, 37 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
index 36fe3e5234..45c330b8af 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
*Yves Senn*, *Matthew Draper*
+* Add `ActiveRecord::Base.ignored_columns` to make some columns
+ invisible from ActiveRecord.
+
+ *Jean Boussier*
+
* `ActiveRecord::Tasks::MySQLDatabaseTasks` fails if shellout to
mysql commands (like `mysqldump`) is not successful.
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb
index c461c04a26..a9bd094a66 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ module ActiveRecord
class_attribute :pluralize_table_names, instance_writer: false
self.pluralize_table_names = true
+ ##
+ # :singleton-method:
+ # Accessor for the list of columns names the model should ignore. Ignored columns won't have attribute
+ # accessors defined, and won't be referenced in SQL queries.
+ class_attribute :ignored_columns, instance_accessor: false
+ self.ignored_columns = [].freeze
+
self.inheritance_column = 'type'
delegate :type_for_attribute, to: :class
@@ -308,7 +315,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
end
def load_schema!
- @columns_hash = connection.schema_cache.columns_hash(table_name)
+ @columns_hash = connection.schema_cache.columns_hash(table_name).except(*ignored_columns)
@columns_hash.each do |name, column|
warn_if_deprecated_type(column)
define_attribute(
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb
index 991145bed4..d6c48b99f3 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb
@@ -1571,4 +1571,22 @@ class BasicsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
assert_not topic.id_changed?
end
+
+ test "ignored columns are not present in columns_hash" do
+ cache_columns = Developer.connection.schema_cache.columns_hash(Developer.table_name)
+ assert_includes cache_columns.keys, 'first_name'
+ refute_includes Developer.columns_hash.keys, 'first_name'
+ end
+
+ test "ignored columns have no attirbute methods" do
+ refute Developer.new.respond_to?(:first_name)
+ refute Developer.new.respond_to?(:first_name=)
+ refute Developer.new.respond_to?(:first_name?)
+ end
+
+ test "ignored columns don't prevent explicit declaration of attribute methods" do
+ assert Developer.new.respond_to?(:last_name)
+ assert Developer.new.respond_to?(:last_name=)
+ assert Developer.new.respond_to?(:last_name?)
+ end
end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/models/developer.rb b/activerecord/test/models/developer.rb
index 8ac7a9df6a..7565e8f967 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/models/developer.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/models/developer.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ module DeveloperProjectsAssociationExtension2
end
class Developer < ActiveRecord::Base
+ self.ignored_columns = %w(first_name last_name)
+
has_and_belongs_to_many :projects do
def find_most_recent
order("id DESC").first
@@ -61,6 +63,9 @@ class Developer < ActiveRecord::Base
developer.audit_logs.build :message => "Computer created"
end
+ attr_accessor :last_name
+ define_attribute_method 'last_name'
+
def log=(message)
audit_logs.build :message => message
end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb b/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb
index 4c6d1ef3ce..4b7272f10a 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define do
create_table :developers, force: true do |t|
t.string :name
+ t.string :first_name
t.integer :salary, default: 70000
if subsecond_precision_supported?
t.datetime :created_at, precision: 6