Comments on: Getting close to the database #2 – columns_as_array plugin http://pennysmalls.com/2008/02/25/getting-close-to-the-database-2-columns_as_array-plugin/ A blog about Ruby, Rails and other tech. Mostly. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:56:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stephen Sykes http://pennysmalls.com/2008/02/25/getting-close-to-the-database-2-columns_as_array-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Stephen Sykes Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:17:29 +0000 http://pennysmalls.com/2008/02/25/getting-close-to-the-database-2-columns_as_array-plugin/#comment-81 This is not particularly technically different from accessing the DB directly - but it certainly looks nice to write: StateOgram.proam_ids ..rather than an explicit select string. But we can't select one column with a condition on another, so your example is not doable with this plugin. This is not particularly technically different from accessing the DB directly – but it certainly looks nice to write:

StateOgram.proam_ids

..rather than an explicit select string. But we can’t select one column with a condition on another, so your example is not doable with this plugin.

]]> By: Roger http://pennysmalls.com/2008/02/25/getting-close-to-the-database-2-columns_as_array-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Roger Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:11:10 +0000 http://pennysmalls.com/2008/02/25/getting-close-to-the-database-2-columns_as_array-plugin/#comment-77 there's also ActiveRecord::Base.connection.select_values("SELECT proam_id FROM state_ograms WHERE state = '#{state}'") or what not. Is this different? there’s also
ActiveRecord::Base.connection.select_values(“SELECT proam_id FROM state_ograms WHERE state = ‘#{state}’”)

or what not. Is this different?

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