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ActiveRecord "find" doesn't accept a :distinct parameter
Reported by Romain | December 22nd, 2010 @ 05:45 PM
When using AR's find method, there's no provision for passing a :distinct option.
Let's say I have a table "Messages", with a column "author_id".
I'd like to be able to perform the following query :
SELECT DISTINCT author FROM messages;
I think it would be pretty sweet to be able to do something
along the lines of
Message.find(:all, :distinct => :author)
So basically, here are my question :
- Would that be a good idea ? I guess not, otherwise I assume it would have been done already...
- If it is, I'd be glad to contribute a patch. Any hints about the proper way to implement that ?
Comments and changes to this ticket
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Oriol Gual December 27th, 2010 @ 03:51 PM
In the meantime you could use something like this:
Message.group(:sponsors).allAlthough is not the same
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rails March 28th, 2011 @ 01:00 AM
- State changed from “new” to “open”
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rails March 28th, 2011 @ 01:00 AM
- State changed from “open” to “stale”
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