Rquerypad ========= Simplify query options with association automation and improve inner join for activerecord of rails Feature ======= 1. single name string decribe associations 2. support to mix inner join and outer join with any order 3. auto remove duplicated joins from other association in different depth 4. support :conditions, :order, :group 5. auto merge to original :include, :joins Install ======= script/plugin install git://github.com/scorpio/rquerypad.git Example ======= suppose the asscociations of User <-> Thread <-> Reply is 1:N:N @users = User.find(:all, :group => ["threads.created_at", "name"]) generate: [:all, {:group=>"threads.created_at, users.name", :include=>[:threads]}] @users = User.find(:all, :conditions => ["threads_.replies.title = ?", "rquerypad"]) generate: [:all, {:inner_joins=>["threads"], :conditions=>["replies.title = ?", "rquerypad"], :include=>[{:threads=>:replies}]}] #note: the :inner_joints is processed by rquerypad before sending sql to database @users = User.find(:all, :conditions => ["threads.replies.title = ? and threads.id = ?", "rquerypad", 1]) generate: [:all, {:conditions=>["replies.title = ? and threads.id = ?", "rquerypad", 1], :include=>[{:threads=>:replies}]}] #note: single "threads" was removed from includes Setup ======= #to set debug model, in rails initialized script $RQUERYPAD_DEBUG = true Test ======= Note: current migrate script works only in rails 2.0 or later 1.Prepare the test depends on sqlite3 database, the following code should be add into your database.yml and place rquerypad.rb(copy from test.rb) in config/environment rquerypad: adapter: sqlite3 database: vendor/plugins/rquerypad/test/db.rquerypad timeout: 5000 2.database migrate execute the following script rake migrate 3.start test execute the following script rake Copyright (c) 2008 Leon Li, released under the MIT license