Question

I’m working with some old code where major refactoring isn’t an option. The following line of code:

Address.joins(:contact => :user).where('users.organization_id = ?', session[:org_id])

produces a list of addresses. Addresses are linked to the Contacts table, which is in turn linked to the Users table.

I need a way to only join on certain users within a certain scope, say User.active or User.inactive.

Is there a way I can do this without major refactors to my database?

Answer 1

Assuming you have a boolean attribute which says whether a user is active or not in your Users table…then you don’t need to do anything to your database…you define a scope in the User model to run the line below

User.active.joins(:address => :contacts).where(‘users.organization_id = ?’, session[:blah-blah]’)

If you don’t have that boolean attribute in your database, then you have to devise a certain mechanism which would work on various attributes to determine whether User is active or not…