to_ary()
Instance Public methods
Returns a new array of objects from the collection. If the collection hasn't been loaded, it fetches the records from the database.
class Person < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :pets end person.pets # => [ # #<Pet id: 4, name: "Benny", person_id: 1>, # #<Pet id: 5, name: "Brain", person_id: 1>, # #<Pet id: 6, name: "Boss", person_id: 1> # ] other_pets = person.pets.to_ary # => [ # #<Pet id: 4, name: "Benny", person_id: 1>, # #<Pet id: 5, name: "Brain", person_id: 1>, # #<Pet id: 6, name: "Boss", person_id: 1> # ] other_pets.replace([Pet.new(name: 'BooGoo')]) other_pets # => [#<Pet id: nil, name: "BooGoo", person_id: 1>] person.pets # This is not affected by replace # => [ # #<Pet id: 4, name: "Benny", person_id: 1>, # #<Pet id: 5, name: "Brain", person_id: 1>, # #<Pet id: 6, name: "Boss", person_id: 1> # ]
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