How might we export calculated values?
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stevepolitodesign commented
When exporting data, I want to be able to export calculated values, so that I have more context about each record.
Relates to #27
Here's a contrived example:
class User < ApplicationRecord
has_many :posts
def post_count
post.count
end
end
stevepolitodesign commented
Another example is when using #find_by_sql
.
We can return the calculated value there via SQL, but ArtVandelay::Export#csv
checks if the records
are ActiveRecord::Relation
or ActiveRecord::Base
. However, since #find_by_sql
returns an Array
, the Result
is empty.
This seems like a promising approach since can can call #attributes
on an instance of a record from a results returned from #find_by_sql
, and that will include the calculated value,