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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb')
-rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb index 6f0f2125dc..c37855172b 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb @@ -154,6 +154,19 @@ module ActiveRecord self end + # Extracts a named +association+ from the relation. The named association is first preloaded, + # then the individual association records are collected from the relation. Like so: + # + # account.memberships.extract_associated(:user) + # # => Returns collection of User records + # + # This is short-hand for: + # + # account.memberships.preload(:user).collect(&:user) + def extract_associated(association) + preload(association).collect(&association) + end + # Use to indicate that the given +table_names+ are referenced by an SQL string, # and should therefore be JOINed in any query rather than loaded separately. # This method only works in conjunction with #includes. |