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-rw-r--r--activerecord/CHANGELOG2
-rwxr-xr-xactiverecord/lib/active_record/base.rb2
-rwxr-xr-xactiverecord/test/base_test.rb24
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
index 8b5fc450f8..ade3e656a8 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
*SVN*
+* Added :select option to Base.count that'll allow you to select something else than * to be counted on. Especially important for count queries using DISTINCT #3839 [skaes]
+
* Correct syntax error in mysql DDL, and make AAACreateTablesTest run first [Bob Silva]
* Allow :include to be used with has_many :through associations #3611 [Michael Schoen]
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index deb3c5fc1f..e040c86505 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
def construct_counter_sql(options)
sql = "SELECT COUNT("
sql << "DISTINCT " if options[:distinct]
- sql << "#{table_name}.#{primary_key}) FROM #{table_name} "
+ sql << "#{options[:select] || "#{table_name}.#{primary_key}"}) FROM #{table_name} "
sql << " #{options[:joins]} " if options[:joins]
add_conditions!(sql, options[:conditions])
sql
diff --git a/activerecord/test/base_test.rb b/activerecord/test/base_test.rb
index 475e31028a..4349d92eeb 100755
--- a/activerecord/test/base_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/base_test.rb
@@ -1050,19 +1050,39 @@ class BasicsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
def test_count_with_join
res = Post.count_by_sql "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM posts LEFT JOIN comments ON posts.id=comments.post_id WHERE posts.#{QUOTED_TYPE} = 'Post'"
- res2 = res + 1
+ res2 = nil
assert_nothing_raised do
res2 = Post.count("posts.#{QUOTED_TYPE} = 'Post'",
"LEFT JOIN comments ON posts.id=comments.post_id")
end
assert_equal res, res2
- res3 = res + 1
+ res3 = nil
assert_nothing_raised do
res3 = Post.count(:conditions => "posts.#{QUOTED_TYPE} = 'Post'",
:joins => "LEFT JOIN comments ON posts.id=comments.post_id")
end
assert_equal res, res3
+
+ res4 = Post.count_by_sql "SELECT COUNT(p.id) FROM posts p, comments c WHERE p.#{QUOTED_TYPE} = 'Post' AND p.id=c.post_id"
+ res5 = nil
+ assert_nothing_raised do
+ res5 = Post.count(:conditions => "p.#{QUOTED_TYPE} = 'Post' AND p.id=c.post_id",
+ :joins => "p, comments c",
+ :select => "p.id")
+ end
+
+ assert_equal res4, res5
+
+ res6 = Post.count_by_sql "SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT p.id) FROM posts p, comments c WHERE p.#{QUOTED_TYPE} = 'Post' AND p.id=c.post_id"
+ res7 = nil
+ assert_nothing_raised do
+ res7 = Post.count(:conditions => "p.#{QUOTED_TYPE} = 'Post' AND p.id=c.post_id",
+ :joins => "p, comments c",
+ :select => "p.id",
+ :distinct => true)
+ end
+ assert_equal res6, res7
end
def test_clear_association_cache_stored