Here is the code I'm using:
# Run the query against the database defined in .yml file.
# This is a Mysql::result object - http://www.tmtm.org/en/mysql/ruby/
@results = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(@sql_query)
In my View, here's what I do to see the values:
<pre><%= debug @results %></pre>
Outputs: #<Mysql2::Result:0x007f31849a1fc0>
<% @results.each do |val| %>
<%= val %>
<% end %>
Outputs: ["asdfasdf", 23, "qwefqwef"] ["sdfgdsf", 23, "asdfasdfasdf"]
So imagine I query something like select * from Person
, and that returns a result set such as:
ID Name Age
1 Sergio 22
2 Lazlow 28
3 Zeus 47
How can I iterate through each value and output it?
The documentation here is not useful because I have tried methods that supposedly exist, but the interpreter gives me an error saying that those methods don't exist. Am I using the wrong documentation?
http://www.tmtm.org/en/mysql/ruby/
Thanks!
If you are using mysql2 gem then you should be getting the mysql2 result object and according to the docs you should be able to do the following
results.each do |row|
# conveniently, row is a hash
# the keys are the fields, as you'd expect
# the values are pre-built ruby primitives mapped from their corresponding field types in MySQL
# Here's an otter: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/398077070_b8795d0ef3_b.jpg
end
Checkout the documentation here
So in you case you can do the following
<% @results.each do |val| %>
<%= "#{val['id']}, #{val['name']}, #{val['age']}" %>
<% end %>
Edit: you seem to be referring to the wrong doc check the Mysql2 gems doc.
You could try using ActiveRecord::Base.connection.exec_query
instead of ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute
which returns a ActiveRecord::Result
(available in rails 3.1+)
Then you can access it in various ways like .rows
, .each
, or .to_hash
From the docs:
result = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.exec_query('SELECT id, title, body FROM posts')
result # => #<ActiveRecord::Result:0xdeadbeef>
# Get the column names of the result:
result.columns
# => ["id", "title", "body"]
# Get the record values of the result:
result.rows
# => [[1, "title_1", "body_1"],
[2, "title_2", "body_2"],
...
]
# Get an array of hashes representing the result (column => value):
result.to_hash
# => [{"id" => 1, "title" => "title_1", "body" => "body_1"},
{"id" => 2, "title" => "title_2", "body" => "body_2"},
...
]
# ActiveRecord::Result also includes Enumerable.
result.each do |row|
puts row['title'] + " " + row['body']
end
Use :as => :hash
:
raw = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(sql)
raw.each(:as => :hash) do |row|
puts row.inspect # row is hash
end
Look for @results.fields for column header.
Example: @results = [[1, "Sergio", 22],[2, "Lazlow", 28],[3, "Zeus", 47]]
@results.fields do |f|
puts "#{f}\t" # Column names
end
puts "\n"
@results.each do |rows| # Iterate through each row
rows.each do |col| # Iterate through each column of the row
puts "#{col}\t"
end
puts "\n"
end
Hope it is helpful.