Rails has_many with dynamic conditions

Question

What I want is to create a Model that connects with another using a has_many association in a dynamic way, without the foreign key like this:

has_many :faixas_aliquotas, :class_name => 'Fiscal::FaixaAliquota',
            :conditions => ["regra_fiscal = ?", ( lambda { return self.regra_fiscal } ) ]

But I get the error:

: SELECT * FROM "fis_faixa_aliquota" WHERE ("fis_faixa_aliquota".situacao_fiscal_id = 1
AND (regra_fiscal = E'--- !ruby/object:Proc {}'))

Is this possible?

Answer 1

In Rails 3.1 need to use proc, Proc.new { "field = #{self.send(:other_field)}" }

Answer 2

There is another kind of solution. However, this wont be the default scope.

has_many :faixas_aliquotas, :class_name => 'Fiscal::FaixaAliquota' do 
  def filter(situacao_fiscal)
    find(:all, :conditions => {:regra_fiscal => situacao_fiscal.regra_fiscal})
  end
end

This way you would be able to do

situacao_fiscal.faixas_aliquotas.filter(situacao_fiscal)

I am not sure if this is elegant and something that would solve your problem. There may be better ways of doing this.

Answer 3

Rails 4+ another way:

has_many :faixas_aliquotas, -> (object){ where(regra_fiscal: object.regra_fiscal) }, :class_name => 'Fiscal::FaixaAliquota'

Answer 4

Rails 4+ way:

has_many :faixas_aliquotas, -> (object){ where("regra_fiscal = ?", object.regra_fiscal)},  :class_name => 'Fiscal::FaixaAliquota'

Answer 5

In Rails 3.1 you can use Proc.new for your conditions. as stated by @Amala, but instead generate a hash like this:

has_many :faixas_aliquotas, :class_name => 'Fiscal::FaixaAliquota',
   :conditions => {:regra_fiscal => Proc.new { {:regra_fiscal => self.regra_fiscal} }

The benefit of this approach is that if you do object.faixas_aliquotas.build, the newly created object will automatically have the same regra_fiscal attribute as the parent.

Answer 6

Rails 4+ way (Thanks to Thomas who answered this below):

has_many :faixas_aliquotas, -> (object) { 
           where("regra_fiscal = ?", object.regra_fiscal)
         },
         :class_name => 'Fiscal::FaixaAliquota'

Rails 3.1+ way:

has_many :faixas_aliquotas, :class_name => 'Fiscal::FaixaAliquota',
         :conditions => proc { "regra_fiscal = #{self.regra_fiscal}" }

Rails 3 and below:

has_many :faixas_aliquotas, :class_name => 'Fiscal::FaixaAliquota',
         :conditions => ['regra_fiscal = #{self.regra_fiscal}']

No. This is not a mistake. The conditions are specified in single quotes and still contains the code #{self.regra_fiscal}. When the conditions clause is evaulated, the regra_fiscal method will be called on the object of self (whatever the class is). Putting double quotes will not work.

I hope this is what you are looking for.