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require "active_record/setops/version"

module ActiveRecord
  class Relation
    # Performs a set theoretic union works like `Array#+` but puts the load on the database
    # and allows you to chain more relation operations.
    def union(other)
      binary_operation(Arel::Nodes::Union, other)
    end
    alias | union
    alias + union

    def union_all(other)
      binary_operation(Arel::Nodes::UnionAll, other)
    end

    def intersect(other)
      binary_operation(Arel::Nodes::Intersect, other)
    end
    alias & intersect

    def except(other)
      binary_operation(Arel::Nodes::Except, other)
    end
    alias difference except
    alias - except

    private

    def binary_operation(op_class, other)
      @klass.unscoped.from(Arel::Nodes::TableAlias.new(op_class.new(self.arel.ast, other.arel.ast), @klass.arel_table.name))
    end
  end
end

Version data entries

6 entries across 6 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
activerecord-setops-0.1.5	lib/active_record/setops.rb
activerecord-setops-0.1.4	lib/active_record/setops.rb
activerecord-setops-0.1.3	lib/active_record/setops.rb
activerecord-setops-0.1.2	lib/active_record/setops.rb
activerecord-setops-0.1.1	lib/active_record/setops.rb
activerecord-setops-0.1.0	lib/active_record/setops.rb