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-rwxr-xr-xactiverecord/lib/active_record/base.rb4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index be64c1bbd3..936e61a688 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
# * <tt>:joins</tt>: An SQL fragment for additional joins like "LEFT JOIN comments ON comments.post_id = id". (Rarely needed).
# * <tt>:include</tt>: Names associations that should be loaded alongside using LEFT OUTER JOINs. The symbols named refer
# to already defined associations. See eager loading under Associations.
+ # * <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.
#
# Examples for find by id:
# Person.find(1) # returns the object for ID = 1
@@ -739,7 +741,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
end
def construct_finder_sql(options)
- sql = "SELECT * FROM #{table_name} "
+ sql = "SELECT #{options[:select] || '*'} FROM #{table_name} "
sql << " #{options[:joins]} " if options[:joins]
add_conditions!(sql, options[:conditions])
sql << "ORDER BY #{options[:order]} " if options[:order]