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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/relation')
-rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/calculations.rb | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/calculations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/calculations.rb index af86771d2d..0f57e9831d 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/calculations.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/calculations.rb @@ -166,6 +166,23 @@ module ActiveRecord 0 end + # This method is designed to perform select by a single column as direct SQL query + # Returns <tt>Array</tt> with values of the specified column name + # The values has same data type as column. + # + # Examples: + # + # Person.pluck(:id) # SELECT people.id FROM people + # Person.uniq.pluck(:role) # SELECT DISTINCT role FROM people + # Person.where(:confirmed => true).limit(5).pluck(:id) + # + def pluck(column_name) + scope = self.select(column_name) + self.connection.select_values(scope.to_sql).map! do |value| + type_cast_using_column(value, column_for(column_name)) + end + end + private def perform_calculation(operation, column_name, options = {}) |