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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/calculations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/calculations.rb
index caa8c539d5..2ca1a0aaa3 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/calculations.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/calculations.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
module ActiveRecord
module Calculations #:nodoc:
- CALCULATIONS_OPTIONS = [:conditions, :joins, :order, :select, :group, :having, :distinct, :limit, :offset, :include]
+ CALCULATIONS_OPTIONS = [:conditions, :joins, :order, :select, :group, :having, :distinct, :limit, :offset, :include, :from]
def self.included(base)
base.extend(ClassMethods)
end
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
# * <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>:distinct</tt>: Set this to true to make this a distinct calculation, such as SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT posts.id) ...
+ # * <tt>:from</tt> - By default, this is the table name of the class, but can be changed to an alternate table name (or even the name
+ # of a database view).
#
# Examples for counting all:
# Person.count # returns the total count of all people
@@ -178,8 +180,12 @@ module ActiveRecord
sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS #{aggregate_alias}" if use_workaround
sql << ", #{options[:group_field]} AS #{options[:group_alias]}" if options[:group]
- sql << " FROM (SELECT #{distinct}#{column_name}" if use_workaround
- sql << " FROM #{connection.quote_table_name(table_name)} "
+ if options[:from]
+ sql << " FROM #{options[:from]} "
+ else
+ sql << " FROM (SELECT #{distinct}#{column_name}" if use_workaround
+ sql << " FROM #{connection.quote_table_name(table_name)} "
+ end
if merged_includes.any?
join_dependency = ActiveRecord::Associations::ClassMethods::JoinDependency.new(self, merged_includes, options[:joins])
sql << join_dependency.join_associations.collect{|join| join.association_join }.join