Question

In my model I’ve made this custom sql query :

SELECT
    training_courses.id,
    training_courses.training_id,
    training_courses.course_id,
    training_courses.is_pre_test, 
    training_courses.order_by,
    training_course_histories.id AS training_course_history_id, 
    training_course_histories.finished_at,
    training_course_histories.score,
    CAST(coalesce(user_training_courses.id, 0) as BOOLEAN) as purchased
FROM
    training_courses
    LEFT OUTER JOIN training_course_histories
        ON training_course_histories.training_course_id = training_courses.id AND training_course_histories.id = (
            SELECT th1.id
            FROM training_course_histories th1      
            WHERE th1.training_course_id = training_courses.id
              AND th1.finished_at IS NOT NULL
              AND th1.user_id = 1
            ORDER BY th1.finished_at DESC LIMIT 1
        )
    LEFT OUTER JOIN user_training_courses
        ON user_training_courses.training_course_id = training_courses.id AND user_training_courses.id = (
            SELECT th2.id
            FROM user_training_courses th2          
            WHERE th2.training_course_id = training_courses.id 
              AND th2.user_id = 1
        )
WHERE (training_courses.training_id = 1)
GROUP BY
    training_courses.id,
    training_courses.id,
    training_courses.training_id,
    training_courses.course_id,
    training_courses.is_pre_test, 
    training_courses.order_by,
    training_course_histories.id,
    training_course_histories.finished_at,
    training_course_histories.score, 
    user_training_courses.id
ORDER BY 
    order_by ASC, 
    id ASC, 
    training_courses.order_by ASC, 
    training_courses.id ASC

Before, I was using a Mysql database so, no problem at all, the query was like : ISNULL(user_training_courses.id) as purchased

But now, I’m using Postgres and I must have CAST(coalesce(user_training_courses.id, 0) as BOOLEAN) as purchased

The problem: for Rails, purchased = ‘t’ or ‘f’ (strings)

What I want : purchased = true or false (booleans)

Is it possible ?

Thx.

Answer 1

Finally, I rather have an accessor in my model to handle this case.

def purchased
  ![false, 'false', 'f', 'FALSE', 'F', 0, '0'].include?(self[:purchased])
end