If you want to retrieve just the name, than use the :select option with your find:
@children = Child.find(:all, :include => :mother, :select => 'name') On May 12, 11:04 am, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/5/12 Anthony Ward <[email protected]> > > > > > Hi thank you > > > so if I use the include > > how do i just retrieve the name then > > Do you mean you want a query finding the child, including the > mother.namebut not the other mother fields? I do not know whether you > can do that. I > think the overhead of fetching all columns is going to be rather small. > Colin > > > > > example this is using the "magic way" > > > @children do |child| > > > ... print child.mother.name > > > end > > > -- > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
