Method: ActiveRecord::Calculations#pluck

Defined in:

activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/calculations.rb

#pluck(*column_names) ⇒ Object

Use #pluck as a shortcut to select one or more attributes without loading an entire record object per row.

Person.pluck(:name)

instead of

Person.all.map(&:name)

Pluck returns an Array of attribute values type-casted to match the plucked column names, if they can be deduced. Plucking an SQL fragment returns String values by default.

Person.pluck(:name)
# SELECT people.name FROM people
# => ['David', 'Jeremy', 'Jose']

Person.pluck(:id, :name)
# SELECT people.id, people.name FROM people
# => [[1, 'David'], [2, 'Jeremy'], [3, 'Jose']]

Person.distinct.pluck(:role)
# SELECT DISTINCT role FROM people
# => ['admin', 'member', 'guest']

Person.where(age: 21).limit(5).pluck(:id)
# SELECT people.id FROM people WHERE people.age = 21 LIMIT 5
# => [2, 3]

Comment.joins(:person).pluck(:id, person: [:id])
# SELECT comments.id, people.id FROM comments INNER JOIN people on comments.person_id = people.id
# => [[1, 2], [2, 2]]

Person.pluck(Arel.sql('DATEDIFF(updated_at, created_at)'))
# SELECT DATEDIFF(updated_at, created_at) FROM people
# => ['0', '27761', '173']

See also #ids.

# File 'activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/calculations.rb', line 287

def pluck(*column_names)
  if @none
    if @async
      return Promise::Complete.new([])
    else
      return []
    end
  end

  if loaded? && all_attributes?(column_names)
    result = records.pluck(*column_names)
    if @async
      return Promise::Complete.new(result)
    else
      return result
    end
  end

  if has_include?(column_names.first)
    relation = apply_join_dependency
    relation.pluck(*column_names)
  else
    klass.disallow_raw_sql!(flattened_args(column_names))
    relation = spawn
    columns = relation.arel_columns(column_names)
    relation.select_values = columns
    result = skip_query_cache_if_necessary do
      if where_clause.contradiction?
        ActiveRecord::Result.empty(async: @async)
      else
        klass.with_connection do |c|
          c.select_all(relation.arel, "#{klass.name} Pluck", async: @async)
        end
      end
    end
    result.then do |result|
      type_cast_pluck_values(result, columns)
    end
  end
end