Topics

Part-1
✔
Migrations
✔
Active Record

Part -2
✔
Associations
✔
Validations
✔
Callbacks

Part -3
✔
Testing
Migrations
 What is migration?

Migration allows you to define

changes to your database
schema
 Why Migration?

•
iteratively improving schema
•
keep things synchronized
 Auto generated migrations

The model and scaffold

generators will create migrations
appropriate for adding a new
model.
 Creating a model

ruby script/generate model Product name:string description:text

my_app/db/migrate/001_create_products.rb
 Migration generated
class CreateProducts < ActiveRecord::Migration
def self.up
create_table :products do |t|
t.string :name
t.text :description
t.timestamps
end
end

def self.down
drop_table :products
end
end
self.up / self.down
 Creating a Standalone
Migration

ruby script/generate migration

AddPartNumberToProducts part_number:string
my_app/db/migrate/002_AddPartNumberToProducts.rb
 Migration generated

class AddPartNumberToProducts < ActiveRecord::Migration

def self.up
add_column :products, :part_number, :string
end

def self.down
remove_column :products, :part_number
end
end
rake db:migrate
also invokes the db:schema:dump task
schema_migrations table
Other Transformations
 Creating a table
def self.up
create_table :people do |t|
t.string :username, :null => false
t.string :fname,lname
t.text :notes
t.timestamps
end
end

def self.down
drop_table :people
end
 More transformations

rename_column :people, :fname, :first_name

rename_table old_name, new_name

change_column table_name, column_name, type

remove_column table_name, column_name

add_index table_name, column_name

drop_table table_name
 More...

change_table :products do |t|

t.remove :description, :name
t.string :part_number
t.index :part_number
t.rename :upccode, :upc_code
end
 Rollback

rake db:rollback

rake db:rollback STEP=3

rake db:migrate VERSION=20080906120000

ActiveRecord
 ActiveRecord is a
Module
ActiveRecord (note no space) could be classed as a module, since it's an implementation of the Active Record
design pattern. (* need to ask)
One Class Per Table

CREATE TABLE `people` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL
auto_increment,
`login` varchar(255),
`email` varchar(255),
`password` varchar(40),
`created_at` datetime default NULL,
`updated_at` datetime default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB
One Object / instance Per Row
Table columns map to Object
attributes
 Some Key Points


mapping class names to table names.

pluralized table names.

integer primary keys.

classname_id as foreign keys.
 Why Active Record


for simplicity and ease of use

hides low level implementation
 The Basics

Select * from people where id='2' 
class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
limit='1'
end

person=Person.find(2)
 find method

Examples:
User.find(23)
User.find(:first)
User.find(:all, :offset => 10, :limit => 10)
User.find(:first).articles
 Find :select

list = Person.find(:all, :select => "fname, lname")

 Find with :conditions

Student.find(:all, :conditions =>

[‘first_name = ? and status = ?’ ,‘mohit’, 1])

Why this ?
 Find: Order By

Person.find(:all, :order => ‘updated_at DESC’)

SQL:
SELECT * FROM people ORDER BY created_at;
 Find: Group By

Person.find(:all, :group => ‘designation’)

SQL:
SELECT * FROM people GROUP BY designation;
 Find: Limit & Offset

Person.find(:all, :limit => 10, :offset => 0)

SQL:
SELECT * FROM people LIMIT 0, 10
 Dynamic find methods

person = Person.find_by_fname("mohit")

all_mohit = Person.find_all_by_fname("mohit")

person =
Person.find_by_fname_and_lname("mohit",”jain”)
 Creating a new record
user = User.new
user.name = "David"
user.occupation = "Code Artist“
user.save

OR

user =User.new(:name => "David", :occupation

=> "Code Artist")
user.save

OR

user =User.create(:name => "David",

:occupation => "Code Artist")
 Update a record
person = Person.find(123)
person.update_attribute(:name, "Barney" )

OR

person= Person.find(123)
person.name = "mohit”
person.save

OR

person=Person.update(12, :name => "jigar" , :email

=> "jigar@vinsol.com" )

update_all and update_attribute bypass the validations.

 Delete a record

Person.delete(123)

OR

person = Person.find_by_name("Mohit")
person.destroy
Named and Anonymous Scopes
 Named scope

class Organization < ActiveRecord::Base

has_many :people
named_scope :active, :conditions => { :active => 'Yes' }
end

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base

belongs_to :organization
end
 Usage

Organization.active

Organization.active.people
 Named scope example 2

class Order < ActiveRecord::Base

named_scope :last_n_days, lambda { |days| :condition =>
['updated < ?' , days] }
named_scope :checks, :conditions => {:pay_type => :check}
end

orders = Orders.last_n_days(7)
orders = Orders.checks.last_n_days(7)
 Anonymous scopes

in_house = Orders.scoped(:conditions => 'email LIKE

"%@pragprog.com"' )

in_house.checks.last_n_days(7)
Thank You.
Associations
 Types of associations

➢
belongs_to
➢
has_one
➢
has_many
➢
has_many :through
➢
has_one :through
➢
has_and_belongs_to_many
Whats the need?
 Comparison: without and with
class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
end

class Order < ActiveRecord::Base

end

OR

class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base

has_many :orders, :dependent => :destroy
end

class Order < ActiveRecord::Base

belongs_to :customer
end
The belongs_to Association
The has_one Association
One to One
The has_many Association
One to Many
 Its:

has_many :orders

and

has_one :order
has_many :through
has_and_belongs_to_many
 has_and_belongs_to_many vs has_many :through

has_and_belongs_to_many

Stories can belong to many categories. Categories can have many stories.

Categories_Stories Table
story_id | category_id

has_many through:-- gives you a third model

Person can subscribe to many magazines. Magazines can have many
subscribers.

Subscriptions Table
person_id | magazine_id | subscription_type |
subscription_length | subscription_date
Many to many
has_one :through
 has_one:through*

class Magazine < ActiveRecord::Base

has_many :subscriptions
end

class Subscription < ActiveRecord::Base

belongs_to :magazine
belongs_to :user
end

class User < ActiveRecord::Base

has_many :subscriptions
has_one :magazine, :through => : subscriptions, :conditions =>
['subscriptions.active = ?', true]
end
Polymorphic Associations
 Self refrentional Joins

class Employee < ActiveRecord::Base

has_many :subordinates, :class_name => "Employee", :foreign_key =>
"manager_id"

belongs_to :manager, :class_name => "Employee"

end
 When Things Get Saved

class Order < ActiveRecord::Base

has_one :invoice
end

class Invoice < ActiveRecord::Base

belongs_to :order
end

continue...
When things get saved (continue)

If you assign an object to a has_one/has_many

association in an existing object, that associated object
will be automatically saved.

order = Order.find(some_id)
an_invoice = Invoice.new(...)
order.invoice = an_invoice # invoice gets saved

continue...
When things get saved (continue)

If instead you assign a new object to a belongs_to

association, it will never be automatically saved.

order = Order.new(...)
an_invoice.order = order # Order will not be saved here
an_invoice.save # both the invoice and the order get saved
Validations
Validation Helpers

validates_acceptance_of

validates_confirmation_of

validates_length_of

validates_numericality_of

validates_presence_of
Example of validator helper

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base

validates_presence_of :name

validates_uniqueness_of :name,
:on => :create,
:message => "is already used"
end
When Does Validation Happen?

new_record?
instance method
 Method triggers validations

* create
* create!
* save
* save!
* update
* update_attributes
* update_attributes!
 Method skips validations

* update_all
* update_attribute
* update_counters
* save(false)
valid? and invalid?
Validation Errors

errors.add_to_base

errors.add

errors.clear

errors.size
Displaying Validation Errors

error_messages

error_messages_for
 Showing error message

<% form_for(@product) do |f| %>

<%= f.error_messages %>
#-----
<% end %>
OR

<%= error_messages_for :product %>

Callbacks
 What are callbacks

monitoring the process.

The life cycle of a model object

methods that get called at certain moments of an

object’s lifecycle
Active Record defines 20
callbacks.
18 call backs
 Rest two callbacks

after_initialize and after_find

Define callbacks:- in two ways

1.Instance method
2.Handlers
 callback as instance method

class class_name < ActiveRecord::Base

# ..
def before_save
# ..
end

end
 Callbacks as handlers

class Order < ActiveRecord::Base

before_save:normalize_credit_card

protected

def normalize_credit_card
#......
end
end
 Observers

●
Same as callbacks
●
It's about separation of concerns.
●
factor out code that doesn't really belong in
models
class OrderObserver < ActiveRecord::Observer
observe Order
end
 Instantiating Observers

config.active_record.observers= :order_observer
( in environment.rb )
Thank you
Testing
Testing type

1. Unit
2. Functional
3. Integration
Unit testing?
What and why
rake db:test:prepare
copy the schema
 rake test:units
1.copies the schema
2. runs all the tests in the test/unit
 Test file?

require 'test_helper'

class ProductTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase

# Replace this with your real tests.
test "the truth" do
assert true
end
end
 Running a test

ruby -I test test/unit/product_test.rb

Understanding with example of Product model
 Product Model

validates_presence_of :title, :description, :image_url

validates_numericality_of :price
validate :price_must_be_at_least_a_cent
validates_uniqueness_of :title
validates_format_of :image_url,
:with => %r{\.(gif|jpg|png)$}i,
:message => 'must be a URL for GIF, JPG '
+ 'or PNG image.'
protected
def price_must_be_at_least_a_cent
errors.add(:price, 'should be at least 0.01' ) if price.nil? || price <
0.01
end
 Test 1

test "invalid with empty attributes" do

product = Product.new
assert !product.valid?
assert product.errors.invalid?(:title)
assert product.errors.invalid?(:description)
assert product.errors.invalid?(:price)
assert product.errors.invalid?(:image_url)
end
 Run the test case

ruby -I test test/unit/product_test.rb

#Loaded suite test/unit/product_test
#Started
#..
#Finished in 0.092314 seconds.
2 tests, 6 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors
 Test 2
test "positive price" do

product = Product.new(:title => "My Book Title" ,

:description => "yyy" ,
:image_url => "zzz.jpg" )
product.price = -1
assert !product.valid?
assert_equal "should be at least 0.01" , product.errors.on(:price)

product.price = 0
assert !product.valid?
assert_equal "should be at least 0.01" , product.errors.on(:price)

product.price = 1
assert product.valid?
end
Fixtures
sample data
 YAML fixtures
ruby_book:
title: Programming Ruby
description: Dummy description
price: 1234
image_url: ruby.png

rails_book:
title: Agile Web Development with Rails
description: Dummy description
price: 2345
image_url: rails.png
Naming convention & usage

fixtures :products
Mention this in the ProductTest class
:products => name of table and YML file
 Fixture loading

Loading involves three steps:

* Remove any existing data

* Load the fixture data
* Dump the fixture data into a variable in case you want to access
it directly
 Test 3 (using fixture)

test "unique title1" do

product = Product.new(:title => products(:ruby_book).title,
:description => "yyy" ,
:price => 1,
:image_url => "fred.gif" )
assert !product.save
 Assertions Available

➢
assert( boolean, [msg] )
➢
assert_equal( obj1, obj2, [msg] )
➢
assert_not_equal( obj1, obj2, [msg] )
➢
assert_same( obj1, obj2, [msg] )
➢
assert_instance_of( class, obj, [msg] )
Thank you
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