I have been using ActiveRecord's find_by_sql to obtain the number of
records within a date range from a mysql database like this:
result = Xyz.find_by_sql("SELECT COUNT(*) as recordcount FROM xyz where
rdate > '#{start_date}' and rdate < '#{end_date}'")[0].recordcount
The problem with the above a
> If you want to be entirely correct, the attributes aren't stored as
> individual instance variables - they're stored together in a hash.
> That is usually irrelevant though - the important thing is the
> accessor methods.
Nice to know; but, you're right that we do not really need to know about
t
> As it states the result is effectively an array of Order objects. So
> to get the name of the first object one uses pos[0].name.
I THINK you are confirming my suspicion. Clearly, the first object
(which corresponds to the first table row) is pos[0]. From that I would
deduce that pos[0].name i
I'm following through an example provided by DHH in his book, "Agile Web
Development with Rails". This example deals with a database with an
"orders" table that has column names, "name", "email", "address" and
"pay_type".
The Order class is created thusly:
class Order < ActiveRecord::Base
end
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