Rails named_scope with has_and_belongs_to_many

Question

Hi, i have 3 tables - films, films_genres (for connect 2 tables) and genres. In Model film.rb - has_and_belongs_to_many :genres In Model genre.rb - has_and_belongs_to_many :films

So, how I can write this sql code:

SELECT * FROM genres INNER JOIN films_genres ON genres.id = films_genres.genre_id WHERE (films_genres.film_id = 1 )

with named_scope in Model film.rb for show all film rolled genres?

Answer 1

In English, what are you trying to pull from the DB? To retrieve the genres for a particular film just do:

@genres = @film.genres

Answer 2

Hi, chap! I try to pool from the db list of genres connected to the film. And my question is: how I can to do this using named_scome in film.rb Model? I need this for films filter. Link for example: http://clearcove.ca/blog/2008/12/recipe-restful-search-for-rails/#more-218

Databases:

films: id name descr year

films_genres: id film_id genre_id

genres: id name

Answer 3

class Model < ActiveRecord::Base
  named_scope :by_genre, lambda { |*genres|
    {
      :include => :genres,
      :conditions => [ "genres.id IN (?)", genres.map(&:id) ]
    }
  }
end

Film.by_genre(western, sci_fi).find(:all)

I made this one slightly more complex in order to specify multiple genres as part of your named scope. Hope it helps.