On Dec 18, 12:10 am, Ease Bus <[email protected]> wrote:
> Please help me with finding a SQL select statement for the following
> problems.
>
> I have two classes: Site and Link
>
> Table Link has two columns: linking_site_id, and linked_site_id
>
> I would like to find all the links in table Link where linking_site_id
> = 3 or linked_site_id = 3 but only include a link where linked_site_id
> = 3 if the linking_site_id in that link is not one of the
> linked_site_id that site 3 links to. For example, if the Link table
> contains the following rows
>
> Linking_site Linked_site
> 2 1
> 3 2
> 3 4
> 5 3
> 2 3
>
> What SQL select statement would return only the following:
>
> 3 2
> 3 4
> 5 3
>
> If SQL query alone cannot do this, what is the most efficient way to
> do it via RoR? Thanks.
Probably not the most efficient, but this will do what you're looking
for:
linking_sites = Link.find_by_linked_site_id(3).map { |l|
l.linking_site_id }
result = Link.find(:all, :conditions => ['linking_site_id = :base OR
(linked_site_id = :base AND linking_site_id NOT IN (:sites)', { :base
=> 3, :sites => linking_sites })
It has the advantage of being fairly close to the original text
description as well, so when you see it again in a year you'll know
what it does... :)
--Matt Jones
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