Hi,
I have models such as:
class Team < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :games
end
class Game< ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :team
end
So there are many (well, 0 to 6) games for each team. Team game has a
“score”. I would like to get a list of the teams, sorted by the highest
scoring game - sort of a ranking based on highest score. I’ve tried
several cominations of find and sort, but can’t figure it out. I did add
a helper to the Team model:
def high_score
matches.maximum(:score)
end
but still am not sure how to get what I want. I basically want to
display a list of the teams, ranked by their highest score.
One stickler is, any given team may not have any games at a given time,
so team.matches may be null…
Thanks!
jt
maybe something like so:
class Team < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :games
def self.by_high_score
self.all(
:select => ‘teams.id, teams.name, max(games.score)’,
:joins => ‘left join games on team_id = teams.id’,
:group => ‘teams.id’,
:order => ‘score desc’,
:conditions => ‘score is not null’
)
end
end
On Nov 10, 1:41 pm, “John T.” [email protected]
def self.by_high_score
self.all(
:select => ‘teams.id, teams.name, max(games.score)’,
:joins => ‘left join games on team_id = teams.id’,
:group => ‘teams.id’,
:order => ‘score desc’,
:conditions => ‘score is not null’
)
end
While this will probably work just fine, I would recommend caching the
high score in a attribute of the Team model. This would be very similar
to the counter_cache feature that Rails provides. This way your sorting
could be handled by a very simple named route. It would also be many
times more efficient since there is no join to deal with.
The trade-off is that you need additional logic to update the cached
value when necessary, and in making sure that you always rely on your
model’s business logic to manage the cache. I personally think that the
performance gained though this technique is well worth the trade-off in
case where performance may be a significant factor.