Introduce finder :joins with associations. Same :include syntax but with inner rather than outer joins. Closes #10012.

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@8054 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

activerecord/CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Introduce finder :joins with associations. Same :include syntax but with inner rather than outer joins.  #10012 [RubyRedRick]
+    # Find users with an avatar
+    User.find(:all, :joins => :avatar)
+
+    # Find posts with a high-rated comment.
+    Post.find(:all, :joins => :comments, :conditions => 'comments.rating > 3')
+
 * Associations: speedup duplicate record check.  #10011 [lifofifo]
 
 * Make sure that << works on has_many associations on unsaved records.  Closes #9989 [hasmanyjosh]

activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb

@@ -487,6 +487,62 @@ module ActiveRecord
     # When eager loaded, conditions are interpolated in the context of the model class, not the model instance.  Conditions are lazily interpolated
     # before the actual model exists.
     #
+    # == Adding Joins For Associations to Queries Using the :joins option
+    #
+    # ActiveRecord::Base#find provides a :joins option, which takes either a string or values accepted by the :include option.
+    # if the value is a string, the it should contain a SQL fragment containing a join clause.
+    #
+    # Non-string values of :joins will add an automatic join clause to the query in the same way that the :include option does but with two critical
+    # differences:
+    #
+    #     1. A normal (inner) join will be performed instead of the outer join generated by :include.
+    #        this means that only objects which have objects attached to the association will be included in the result.
+    #        For example, suppose we have the following tables (in yaml format):
+    #
+    #        Authors
+    #          fred:
+    #            id: 1
+    #            name: Fred
+    #          steve:
+    #            id: 2
+    #            name: Steve
+    #
+    #        Contributions
+    #          only:
+    #            id: 1
+    #            author_id: 1
+    #            description: Atta Boy Letter for Steve
+    #            date: 2007-10-27 14:09:54
+    #
+    #        and corresponding AR Classes
+    #
+    #        class Author: < ActiveRecord::Base
+    #            has_many :contributions
+    #        end
+    #
+    #        class Contribution < ActiveRecord::Base
+    #            belongs_to :author
+    #        end
+    #
+    #        The query Author.find(:all) will return both authors, but Author.find(:all, :joins => :contributions) will
+    #        only return authors who have at least one contribution, in this case only the first.
+    #        This is only a degenerate case of the more typical use of :joins with a non-string value.
+    #        For example to find authors who have at least one contribution before a certain date we can use:
+    #
+    #            Author.find(:all, :joins => :contributions, :conditions => ["contributions.date <= ?", 1.week.ago.to_s(:db)])
+    #
+    #     2. Only instances of the class to which the find is sent will be instantiated. ActiveRecord objects will not
+    #        be instantiated for rows reached through the associations.
+    #
+    #  The difference between using :joins vs :include to name associated records is that :joins allows associated tables to
+    #  participate in selection criteria in the query without incurring the overhead of instantiating associated objects.
+    #  This can be important when the number of associated objects in the database is large, and they will not be used, or
+    #  only those associated with a paricular object or objects will be used after the query, making two queries more
+    #  efficient than one.
+    #
+    #  Note that while using a string value for :joins marks the result objects as read-only, the objects resulting
+    #  from a call to find with a non-string :joins option value will be writable.
+    #
     # == Table Aliasing
     #
     # ActiveRecord uses table aliasing in the case that a table is referenced multiple times in a join.  If a table is referenced only once,
@@ -1121,7 +1177,13 @@ module ActiveRecord
         
         def find_with_associations(options = {})
           catch :invalid_query do
-            join_dependency = JoinDependency.new(self, merge_includes(scope(:find, :include), options[:include]), options[:joins])
+            if ar_joins = scope(:find, :ar_joins)
+              options = options.dup
+              options[:ar_joins] = ar_joins
+            end
+            includes = merge_includes(scope(:find, :include), options[:include])
+            includes = merge_includes(includes, options[:ar_joins])
+            join_dependency = JoinDependency.new(self, includes, options[:joins], options[:ar_joins])
             rows = select_all_rows(options, join_dependency)
             return join_dependency.instantiate(rows)
           end
@@ -1375,8 +1437,9 @@ module ActiveRecord
         class JoinDependency # :nodoc:
           attr_reader :joins, :reflections, :table_aliases
 
-          def initialize(base, associations, joins)
+          def initialize(base, associations, joins, ar_joins = nil)
             @joins                 = [JoinBase.new(base, joins)]
+            @ar_joins              = ar_joins
             @associations          = associations
             @reflections           = []
             @base_records_hash     = {}
@@ -1400,9 +1463,9 @@ module ActiveRecord
               unless @base_records_hash[primary_id]
                 @base_records_in_order << (@base_records_hash[primary_id] = join_base.instantiate(row))
               end
-              construct(@base_records_hash[primary_id], @associations, join_associations.dup, row)
+              construct(@base_records_hash[primary_id], @associations, join_associations.dup, row) unless @ar_joins
             end
-            remove_duplicate_results!(join_base.active_record, @base_records_in_order, @associations)
+            remove_duplicate_results!(join_base.active_record, @base_records_in_order, @associations) unless @ar_joins
             return @base_records_in_order
           end
 
@@ -1444,7 +1507,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
                   reflection = parent.reflections[associations.to_s.intern] or
                   raise ConfigurationError, "Association named '#{ associations }' was not found; perhaps you misspelled it?"
                   @reflections << reflection
-                  @joins << JoinAssociation.new(reflection, self, parent)
+                  @joins << (@ar_joins ? ARJoinAssociation : JoinAssociation).new(reflection, self, parent)
                 when Array
                   associations.each do |association|
                     build(association, parent)
@@ -1595,12 +1658,12 @@ module ActiveRecord
             def association_join
               join = case reflection.macro
                 when :has_and_belongs_to_many
-                  " LEFT OUTER JOIN %s ON %s.%s = %s.%s " % [
+                  " #{join_type} %s ON %s.%s = %s.%s " % [
                      table_alias_for(options[:join_table], aliased_join_table_name),
                      aliased_join_table_name,
                      options[:foreign_key] || reflection.active_record.to_s.foreign_key,
                      parent.aliased_table_name, reflection.active_record.primary_key] +
-                  " LEFT OUTER JOIN %s ON %s.%s = %s.%s " % [
+                  " #{join_type} %s ON %s.%s = %s.%s " % [
                      table_name_and_alias, aliased_table_name, klass.primary_key,
                      aliased_join_table_name, options[:association_foreign_key] || klass.to_s.foreign_key
                      ]
@@ -1658,13 +1721,13 @@ module ActiveRecord
                         end
                       end
 
-                      " LEFT OUTER JOIN %s ON (%s.%s = %s.%s%s%s%s) " % [
+                      " #{join_type} %s ON (%s.%s = %s.%s%s%s%s) " % [
                         table_alias_for(through_reflection.klass.table_name, aliased_join_table_name),
                         parent.aliased_table_name, reflection.active_record.connection.quote_column_name(parent.primary_key),
                         aliased_join_table_name, reflection.active_record.connection.quote_column_name(jt_foreign_key), 
                         jt_as_extra, jt_source_extra, jt_sti_extra
                       ] +
-                      " LEFT OUTER JOIN %s ON (%s.%s = %s.%s%s) " % [
+                      " #{join_type} %s ON (%s.%s = %s.%s%s) " % [
                         table_name_and_alias, 
                         aliased_table_name, reflection.active_record.connection.quote_column_name(first_key),
                         aliased_join_table_name, reflection.active_record.connection.quote_column_name(second_key),
@@ -1672,7 +1735,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
                       ]
 
                     when reflection.options[:as] && [:has_many, :has_one].include?(reflection.macro)
-                      " LEFT OUTER JOIN %s ON %s.%s = %s.%s AND %s.%s = %s" % [
+                      " #{join_type} %s ON %s.%s = %s.%s AND %s.%s = %s" % [
                         table_name_and_alias,
                         aliased_table_name, "#{reflection.options[:as]}_id",
                         parent.aliased_table_name, parent.primary_key,
@@ -1681,14 +1744,14 @@ module ActiveRecord
                       ]
                     else
                       foreign_key = options[:foreign_key] || reflection.active_record.name.foreign_key
-                      " LEFT OUTER JOIN %s ON %s.%s = %s.%s " % [
+                      " #{join_type} %s ON %s.%s = %s.%s " % [
                         table_name_and_alias,
                         aliased_table_name, foreign_key,
                         parent.aliased_table_name, parent.primary_key
                       ]
                   end
                 when :belongs_to
-                  " LEFT OUTER JOIN %s ON %s.%s = %s.%s " % [
+                  " #{join_type} %s ON %s.%s = %s.%s " % [
                      table_name_and_alias, aliased_table_name, reflection.klass.primary_key,
                      parent.aliased_table_name, options[:foreign_key] || klass.to_s.foreign_key
                     ]
@@ -1724,6 +1787,18 @@ module ActiveRecord
               def interpolate_sql(sql)
                 instance_eval("%@#{sql.gsub('@', '\@')}@") 
               end
+
+           private
+              def join_type
+                "LEFT OUTER JOIN"
+              end
+
+          end
+          class ARJoinAssociation < JoinAssociation
+            private
+              def join_type
+                "INNER JOIN"
+              end
           end
         end
     end

activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb

@@ -380,9 +380,11 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
       # * <tt>:group</tt>: An attribute name by which the result should be grouped. Uses the GROUP BY SQL-clause.
       # * <tt>:limit</tt>: An integer determining the limit on the number of rows that should be returned.
       # * <tt>:offset</tt>: An integer determining the offset from where the rows should be fetched. So at 5, it would skip rows 0 through 4.
-      # * <tt>:joins</tt>: An SQL fragment for additional joins like "LEFT JOIN comments ON comments.post_id = id". (Rarely needed).
-      #   The records will be returned read-only since they will have attributes that do not correspond to the table's columns.
+      # * <tt>:joins</tt>: Either an SQL fragment for additional joins like "LEFT JOIN comments ON comments.post_id = id". (Rarely needed).
+      #    or names associations in the same form used for the :include option.
+      #   If the value is a string, then the records will be returned read-only since they will have attributes that do not correspond to the table's columns.
       #   Pass :readonly => false to override.
+      #   See adding joins for associations under Association.
       # * <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
@@ -428,8 +430,17 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
       #   end
       def find(*args)
         options = args.extract_options!
+        # Note:  we extract any :joins option with a non-string value from the options, and turn it into
+        #  an internal option :ar_joins.  This allows code called from her to find the ar_joins, and
+        #  it bypasses marking the result as read_only.
+        #  A normal string join marks the result as read-only because it contains attributes from joined tables
+        #  which are not in the base table and therefore prevent the result from being saved.
+        #  In the case of an ar_join, the JoinDependency created to instantiate the results eliminates these
+        #  bogus attributes.  See JoinDependency#instantiate, and JoinBase#instantiate in associations.rb.
+        options, ar_joins = *extract_ar_join_from_options(options)
         validate_find_options(options)
         set_readonly_option!(options)
+        options[:ar_joins] = ar_joins if ar_joins
 
         case args.first
           when :first then find_initial(options)
@@ -1020,8 +1031,17 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
           find_every(options).first
         end
 
+        # If options contains :joins, with a non-string value
+        #  remove it from options
+        # return the updated or unchanged options, and the ar_join value or nil
+        def extract_ar_join_from_options(options)
+          new_options = options.dup
+          join_option = new_options.delete(:joins)
+          (join_option && !join_option.kind_of?(String)) ? [new_options, join_option] : [options, nil]
+        end
+
         def find_every(options)
-          records = scoped?(:find, :include) || options[:include] ?
+          records = scoped?(:find, :include) || options[:include] || scoped?(:find, :ar_joins) || (options[:ar_joins]) ?
             find_with_associations(options) : 
             find_by_sql(construct_finder_sql(options))
 
@@ -1445,7 +1465,13 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
 
           if f = method_scoping[:find]
             f.assert_valid_keys(VALID_FIND_OPTIONS)
+            # see note about :joins and :ar_joins in ActiveRecord::Base#find
+            f, ar_joins = *extract_ar_join_from_options(f)
             set_readonly_option! f
+            if ar_joins
+              f[:ar_joins] = ar_joins
+              method_scoping[:find] = f
+            end
           end
 
           # Merge scopings
@@ -1458,7 +1484,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
                       merge = hash[method][key] && params[key] # merge if both scopes have the same key
                       if key == :conditions && merge
                         hash[method][key] = [params[key], hash[method][key]].collect{ |sql| "( %s )" % sanitize_sql(sql) }.join(" AND ")
-                      elsif key == :include && merge
+                      elsif ([:include, :ar_joins].include?(key)) && merge
                         hash[method][key] = merge_includes(hash[method][key], params[key]).uniq
                       else
                         hash[method][key] = hash[method][key] || params[key]

activerecord/lib/active_record/calculations.rb

@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
       # The third approach, count using options, accepts an option hash as the only parameter. The options are:
       #
       # * <tt>:conditions</tt>: An SQL fragment like "administrator = 1" or [ "user_name = ?", username ]. See conditions in the intro.
-      # * <tt>:joins</tt>: An SQL fragment for additional joins like "LEFT JOIN comments ON comments.post_id = id". (Rarely needed).
-      #   The records will be returned read-only since they will have attributes that do not correspond to the table's columns.
+      # * <tt>:joins</tt>: Either an SQL fragment for additional joins like "LEFT JOIN comments ON comments.post_id = id". (Rarely needed).
+      #    or names associations in the same form used for the :include option.
+      #   If the value is a string, then the records will be returned read-only since they will have attributes that do not correspond to the table's columns.
+      #   Pass :readonly => false to override.
+      #   See adding joins for associations under Association.
       # * <tt>:include</tt>: Named associations that should be loaded alongside using LEFT OUTER JOINs. The symbols named refer
       #   to already defined associations. When using named associations count returns the number DISTINCT items for the model you're counting.
       #   See eager loading under Associations.
@@ -109,7 +112,9 @@ module ActiveRecord
       #   Person.minimum(:age, :conditions => ['last_name != ?', 'Drake']) # Selects the minimum age for everyone with a last name other than 'Drake'
       #   Person.minimum(:age, :having => 'min(age) > 17', :group => :last_name) # Selects the minimum age for any family without any minors
       def calculate(operation, column_name, options = {})
+        options, ar_joins = *extract_ar_join_from_options(options)
         validate_calculation_options(operation, options)
+        options[:ar_joins] = ar_joins if ar_joins
         column_name     = options[:select] if options[:select]
         column_name     = '*' if column_name == :all
         column          = column_for column_name
@@ -149,8 +154,14 @@ module ActiveRecord
           operation = operation.to_s.downcase
           options = options.symbolize_keys
 
-          scope           = scope(:find)
+          scope = scope(:find)
+          if scope && scope[:ar_joins]
+            scope = scope.dup
+            options = options.dup
+            options[:ar_joins] = scope.delete(:ar_joins)
+          end
           merged_includes = merge_includes(scope ? scope[:include] : [], options[:include])
+          merged_includes = merge_includes(merged_includes, options[:ar_joins])
           aggregate_alias = column_alias_for(operation, column_name)
 
           if operation == 'count'
@@ -173,7 +184,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
           sql << " FROM (SELECT DISTINCT #{column_name}" if use_workaround
           sql << " FROM #{table_name} "
           if merged_includes.any?
-            join_dependency = ActiveRecord::Associations::ClassMethods::JoinDependency.new(self, merged_includes, options[:joins])
+            join_dependency = ActiveRecord::Associations::ClassMethods::JoinDependency.new(self, merged_includes, options[:joins], options[:ar_joins])
             sql << join_dependency.join_associations.collect{|join| join.association_join }.join
           end
           add_joins!(sql, options, scope)

activerecord/test/associations/ar_joins_test.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+require 'abstract_unit'
+require 'fixtures/post'
+require 'fixtures/comment'
+require 'fixtures/author'
+require 'fixtures/category'
+require 'fixtures/categorization'
+require 'fixtures/company'
+require 'fixtures/topic'
+require 'fixtures/reply'
+require 'fixtures/developer'
+require 'fixtures/project'
+
+class ArJoinsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  fixtures :authors, :posts, :comments, :categories, :categories_posts, :people,
+           :developers, :projects, :developers_projects,
+           :categorizations, :companies, :accounts, :topics
+
+  def test_ar_joins
+    authors = Author.find(:all, :joins => :posts, :conditions => ['posts.type = ?', "Post"])
+    assert_not_equal(0 , authors.length)
+    authors.each do |author|
+      assert !(author.send(:instance_variables).include? "@posts")
+      assert(!author.readonly?, "non-string join value produced read-only result.")
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_ar_joins_with_cascaded_two_levels
+    authors = Author.find(:all, :joins=>{:posts=>:comments})
+    assert_equal(2, authors.length)
+    authors.each do |author|
+      assert !(author.send(:instance_variables).include? "@posts")
+      assert(!author.readonly?, "non-string join value produced read-only result.")
+    end
+    authors = Author.find(:all, :joins=>{:posts=>:comments}, :conditions => ["comments.body = ?", "go crazy" ])
+    assert_equal(1, authors.length)
+    authors.each do |author|
+      assert !(author.send(:instance_variables).include? "@posts")
+      assert(!author.readonly?, "non-string join value produced read-only result.")
+    end
+  end
+
+
+  def test_ar_joins_with_complex_conditions
+    authors = Author.find(:all, :joins=>{:posts=>[:comments, :categories]},
+    :conditions => ["categories.name = ?  AND posts.title = ?", "General", "So I was thinking"]
+    )
+    assert_equal(1, authors.length)
+    authors.each do |author|
+      assert !(author.send(:instance_variables).include? "@posts")
+      assert(!author.readonly?, "non-string join value produced read-only result.")
+    end
+    assert_equal("David", authors.first.name)
+  end
+
+  def test_ar_join_with_has_many_and_limit_and_scoped_and_explicit_conditions
+    Post.with_scope(:find => { :conditions => "1=1" }) do
+      posts = authors(:david).posts.find(:all,
+        :joins    => :comments,
+        :conditions => "comments.body like 'Normal%' OR comments.#{QUOTED_TYPE}= 'SpecialComment'",
+        :limit      => 2
+      )
+      assert_equal 2, posts.size
+
+      count = Post.count(
+        :joins    => [ :comments, :author ],
+        :conditions => "authors.name = 'David' AND (comments.body like 'Normal%' OR comments.#{QUOTED_TYPE}= 'SpecialComment')",
+        :limit      => 2
+      )
+      assert_equal count, posts.size
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_ar_join_with_scoped_order_using_association_limiting_without_explicit_scope
+    posts_with_explicit_order = Post.find(:all, :conditions => 'comments.id is not null', :joins => :comments, :order => 'posts.id DESC', :limit => 2)
+    posts_with_scoped_order = Post.with_scope(:find => {:order => 'posts.id DESC'}) do
+      Post.find(:all, :conditions => 'comments.id is not null', :joins => :comments, :limit => 2)
+    end
+    assert_equal posts_with_explicit_order, posts_with_scoped_order
+  end
+
+  def test_scoped_find_include
+    # with the include, will retrieve only developers for the given project
+    scoped_developers = Developer.with_scope(:find => { :joins => :projects }) do
+      Developer.find(:all, :conditions => 'projects.id = 2')
+    end
+    assert scoped_developers.include?(developers(:david))
+    assert !scoped_developers.include?(developers(:jamis))
+    assert_equal 1, scoped_developers.size
+  end
+
+
+  def test_nested_scoped_find_ar_join
+    Developer.with_scope(:find => { :joins => :projects }) do
+      Developer.with_scope(:find => { :conditions => "projects.id = 2" }) do
+        assert_equal('David', Developer.find(:first).name)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_nested_scoped_find_merged_ar_join
+    # :include's remain unique and don't "double up" when merging
+    Developer.with_scope(:find => { :joins => :projects, :conditions => "projects.id = 2" }) do
+      Developer.with_scope(:find => { :joins => :projects }) do
+        assert_equal 1, Developer.instance_eval('current_scoped_methods')[:find][:ar_joins].length
+        assert_equal('David', Developer.find(:first).name)
+      end
+    end
+    # the nested scope doesn't remove the first :include
+    Developer.with_scope(:find => { :joins => :projects, :conditions => "projects.id = 2" }) do
+      Developer.with_scope(:find => { :joins => [] }) do
+        assert_equal 1, Developer.instance_eval('current_scoped_methods')[:find][:ar_joins].length
+        assert_equal('David', Developer.find(:first).name)
+      end
+    end
+    # mixing array and symbol include's will merge correctly
+    Developer.with_scope(:find => { :joins => [:projects], :conditions => "projects.id = 2" }) do
+      Developer.with_scope(:find => { :joins => :projects }) do
+        assert_equal 1, Developer.instance_eval('current_scoped_methods')[:find][:ar_joins].length
+        assert_equal('David', Developer.find(:first).name)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_nested_scoped_find_replace_include
+    Developer.with_scope(:find => { :joins => :projects }) do
+      Developer.with_exclusive_scope(:find => { :joins => [] }) do
+        assert_equal 0, Developer.instance_eval('current_scoped_methods')[:find][:ar_joins].length
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+#
+# Calculations
+#
+  def test_count_with_ar_joins
+    assert_equal(2, Author.count(:joins => :posts, :conditions => ['posts.type = ?', "Post"]))
+    assert_equal(1, Author.count(:joins => :posts, :conditions => ['posts.type = ?', "SpecialPost"]))
+  end
+
+  def test_should_get_maximum_of_field_with_joins
+    assert_equal 50, Account.maximum(:credit_limit, :joins=> :firm, :conditions => "companies.name != 'Summit'")
+  end
+
+  def test_should_get_maximum_of_field_with_scoped_include
+    Account.with_scope :find => { :joins => :firm, :conditions => "companies.name != 'Summit'" } do
+      assert_equal 50, Account.maximum(:credit_limit)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_should_not_modify_options_when_using_ar_joins_on_count
+    options = {:conditions => 'companies.id > 1', :joins => :firm}
+    options_copy = options.dup
+
+    Account.count(:all, options)
+    assert_equal options_copy, options
+  end
+
+end