Class: Symbol

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• Symbol

Defined in:

lib/symbol.rb

Instance Method Summary

• #as(alias_name) ⇒ Object

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

• #to_sql ⇒ Object

  call-seq: symbol.to_sql -> a_string.

Instance Method Details

#as(alias_name) ⇒ Object

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

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

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

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

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

#to_sql ⇒ Object

call-seq: symbol.to_sql -> a_string

Returns a string with single quotes escaped.

"it's".to_sql     #=> "'it''s'"

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

def to_sql
  to_s
end