Re-factoring common sql

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I would like to Not Repeat Myself ™ and re-factor frequently-used
SQL into some kind of attribute. For example, instead of re-writing
the “visible” conditions each time:

def find_by_name(name)
User.find(:first, :conditions=>[“visible = true and name = ?”,
name])
end

def find_by_login(login)
User.find(:first, :conditions=>[“visible=true and login=?”,
login])
end

I would like to instead skip the visible SQL each time and do
something like this:

User.visible.find(:first, :conditions=>[“name = ?”, name])
User.visible.find(:first, :conditions=>[“login=?”, login])

This is a contrived example I just made up, but is this possible?

thanks,
Jeff

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Jeff,

What about defining another method that tacked on “visible = true”

def find_visible(*args)
args[:conditions] << " AND visible = true"
User.find args
end

def find_by_name(name)
User.find_visible :first, :conditions => [“name = ?”, name]
end

That answer feels weak, but maybe it’ll get you headed in the right
direction.

  • –Jeff

On Nov 20, 2005, at 10:46 AM, Jeff C. wrote:

 User.find(:first, :conditions=>["visible=true and login=?",

thanks,
Jeff

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oop!

Probably have to look more like

args[:conditions][0] << " AND visible = true"

On Nov 20, 2005, at 11:22 AM, Jeff S. wrote:

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On Nov 20, 2005, at 10:46 AM, Jeff C. wrote:

def find_by_login(login)
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