Great suggestion Roy, thanks! I even added category_color for
uncategorized entries in the SQL query you built. Take a look at the
output though...
[#<Entry >, #<Entry >, #<Entry >, #<Entry >, [#<Entry >]]
The 5th entry here is the "uncategorized" entry. It's in brackets
which is tripping up Open Flash Chart. How do i remove that extra set
of brackets?
-A
On Oct 2, 3:08 pm, "Pardee, Roy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How about supplementing what you're already getting back w/a call like this:
>
> @entries << Entry.find_by_sql('select sum(entries.price) as sum_price,
> "uncategorized" as category_name from entries where id not in (select
> entry_id from entry_categories)')
>
> HTH,
>
> -Roy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> Of ressister
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 11:58 AM
> To: Ruby on Rails: Talk
> Subject: [Rails] Grouping data for charting
>
> Hi there, I'm using Open Flash Chart to create a pie chart of user's
> categorized spending. It currently includes only categories that I have in
> my Category model, but does not include "uncategorized"
> entries which have no association in the entry_categories table.
>
> I'd like to include those entries that are not categorized as well in my
> grouping so that I can display them in the pie chart as "uncategorized." How
> would i do that? Below is the SQL that successfully grabs categorized
> entries. How would i retrieve and group uncategorized entries as part of
> this query?
>
> @entries = Entry.find_by_sql ["SELECT sum(entries.price) AS sum_price,
> categories.name AS category_name, categories.color AS category_color
> FROM entries, categories, entry_categories
> WHERE entries.user_id = ? AND entries.id = entry_categories.entry_id
> and entry_categories.category_id = categories.id
> GROUP BY categories.id", current_user.id]
>
> Thanks in advance.
> -A
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