Class: String

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• String

Defined in:

lib/string.rb

Instance Method Summary

• #as(alias_name) ⇒ Object

  call-seq: string.as(alias_name) -> a_symbol.

• #to_sql ⇒ Object

  call-seq: string.to_sql -> a_string.

Instance Method Details

#as(alias_name) ⇒ Object

call-seq: string.as(alias_name) -> a_symbol

Returns the string aliased (including ‘as’) as the aliased name

"book".as(:category)     #=> :"'book' as category"

# File 'lib/string.rb', line 16

def as(alias_name)
  "#{self.to_sql} as #{alias_name}".to_sym
end

#to_sql ⇒ Object

call-seq: string.to_sql -> a_string

Returns a string with single quotes escaped.

:book.to_sql     #=> "book"

# File 'lib/string.rb', line 7

def to_sql
  "'#{self.gsub(/'/, "''")}'"
end