With Rails 4.1.1, using mysql2 adapter:
I am using an ActiveRecord connection
to execute a multiple insert in a MySQL table:
ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute %Q{
INSERT INTO table (`user_id`, `item_id`)
SELECT 1, id FROM items WHERE items.condition IS NOT NULL
}
This works fine, do the job, and returns nil
.
Is there a way to get the number of affected rows?
(avoiding the need to execute another query)
I have found the documentation of the execute
method somewhat sparse.
You can use connection.update
method which executes expression and returns affected rows count.
ActiveRecord::Base.connection
.update("INSERT INTO accounts (`name`) VALUES ('first'), ('second')")
=> 2
Rails v4.2.7 doc - http://api.rubyonrails.org/v4.2.7/classes/ActiveRecord/ConnectionAdapters/DatabaseStatements.html#method-i-update
Rails latest doc - http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/ConnectionAdapters/DatabaseStatements.html#method-i-update
Here is an easy way to get the number of affected rows using the mysql2 adapter. Put this in a file that gets loaded by your app:
class ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Mysql2Adapter
def affected_rows
@connection.affected_rows
end
end
Then you will be able to run ActiveRecord::Base.connection.affected_rows
to get the number of affected rows.