count_by_sql(sql)
Instance Public methods
Returns the result of an SQL statement that should only include a COUNT(*) in the SELECT part. The use of this method should be restricted to complicated SQL queries that can't be executed using the ActiveRecord::Calculations class methods. Look into those before using this.
Parameters
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sql
- An SQL statement which should return a count query from the database, see the example below.Product.count_by_sql âSELECT COUNT(*) FROM sales s, customers c WHERE s.customer_id = c.idâ
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