require "pg_cache_key/version" module PgCacheKey def cache_key_raw_sql( timestamp_column = :updated_at ) # Rem 1: why use connection.execute instead of doing collection.select because of an order. if you using some order on your scope # then columns you using to order must appear in the GROUP BY clause or be used in an aggregate function or you will get an error # Rem 2: we need to add select( cache_columns ) explicitly because if relation include it might transform columns to aliases # and we must also select them as uniq-aliase so PG wouldn't be confused # 'ckc' means cache key column :) "SELECT md5(string_agg( t.ckc_#{timestamp_column}||t.ckc_id, '') ) as cache_key FROM (#{ select( [timestamp_column, :id].map{|ckc| "#{table_name}.#{ckc}::text as ckc_#{ckc}" } ).try(:to_sql) }) t" end end # Actually this all depends on retrieve_cache_key(key) from active_support: # def retrieve_cache_key(key) # case # when key.respond_to?(:cache_key) then key.cache_key # when key.is_a?(Array) then key.map { |element| retrieve_cache_key(element) }.to_param # when key.respond_to?(:to_a) then retrieve_cache_key(key.to_a) # else key.to_param # end.to_s # end # in rails 4 there is no cache_key in relations so if we deliver relation as key in rails 4 it will convert to array first # in rails 5 there is cache_key, the method below is copy+paste from rails 5 except it doesn't use rails 5 collection_cache_key, # and use it's own algorithm for cache_key module ActiveRecord # = Active Record \Relation class Relation include PgCacheKey def cache_key(timestamp_column = :updated_at) return "#{self.class.to_s.underscore}/blank" if blank? @cache_keys ||= {} @cache_keys[timestamp_column] ||= connection.execute( cache_key_raw_sql(timestamp_column) )[0]['cache_key'] end end end