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-rw-r--r--activerecord/CHANGELOG5
-rwxr-xr-xactiverecord/lib/active_record/base.rb6
-rw-r--r--activerecord/test/cases/finder_test.rb11
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
index 027533aa2d..a63c09bbaa 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+*Edge*
+
+* Added that ActiveRecord::Base.exists? can be called with no arguments #1817 [Scott Taylor]
+
+
*2.3.0 [RC1] (February 1st, 2009)*
* Add Support for updating deeply nested models from a single form. #1202 [Eloy Duran]
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index f9168c8dc2..9f9fbd8b37 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
# Returns true if a record exists in the table that matches the +id+ or
- # conditions given, or false otherwise. The argument can take four forms:
+ # conditions given, or false otherwise. The argument can take five forms:
#
# * Integer - Finds the record with this primary key.
# * String - Finds the record with a primary key corresponding to this
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
# (such as <tt>['color = ?', 'red']</tt>).
# * Hash - Finds the record that matches these +find+-style conditions
# (such as <tt>{:color => 'red'}</tt>).
+ # * No args - Returns false if the table is empty, true otherwise.
#
# For more information about specifying conditions as a Hash or Array,
# see the Conditions section in the introduction to ActiveRecord::Base.
@@ -685,7 +686,8 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
# Person.exists?('5')
# Person.exists?(:name => "David")
# Person.exists?(['name LIKE ?', "%#{query}%"])
- def exists?(id_or_conditions)
+ # Person.exists?
+ def exists?(id_or_conditions = {})
connection.select_all(
construct_finder_sql(
:select => "#{quoted_table_name}.#{primary_key}",
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/finder_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/finder_test.rb
index 7fd7fd7a5b..aac5e6a96b 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/finder_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/finder_test.rb
@@ -94,7 +94,16 @@ class FinderTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
assert_raise(NoMethodError) { Topic.exists?([1,2]) }
end
-
+
+ def test_exists_returns_true_with_one_record_and_no_args
+ assert Topic.exists?
+ end
+
+ def test_does_not_exist_with_empty_table_and_no_args_given
+ Topic.delete_all
+ assert !Topic.exists?
+ end
+
def test_exists_with_aggregate_having_three_mappings
existing_address = customers(:david).address
assert Customer.exists?(:address => existing_address)