Question

Hello I want to create a query that goes something like this, “Get me the variety which has the following ingredients(1,2,3)”

Here are my models

class Ingredient < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_and_belongs_to_many :varieties

class Variety < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_and_belongs_to_many :ingredients

I have been breaking my head but I haven’t been able to get it right, can someone help me out please. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Corrected after Dylan’s comment. I broke up the where_clause into a multi-line string for readability sake.

ingredient_list = [1,2,3]
where_clause = %{
varieties.id IN
(SELECT v.variety_id FROM 
(SELECT variety_id, count(*) as cnt FROM ingredients_varieties WHERE ingredient_id in (#{ingredient_list.join(',')}) GROUP BY variety_id) v 
WHERE v.cnt = #{ingredient_list.size})
} 
Variety.where(where_clause)