On Jul 14, 3:30 pm, Max Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a situation where an instance method pulls out a selection from a > set of associated objects. Sometimes when this is called the associated > objects have been eager loaded, in which case it makes most sense to use > .select to pull the ones i want from the already-loaded collection. > Other times the associated objects have *not* been eager loaded, and it > makes most sense to use association.find to get the ones i want. > > My question is this: can i tell if the associated objects have been > eager loaded already, so i can choose which approach to take? Or, even > better, is there a single approach where rails will know whether to load > them again or not? >
if it's a collection then foo.bars.loaded? Fred > thanks, max > -- > 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.
