module ActiveRecord::Calculations::ClassMethods

def average(column_name, options = {})

Person.average('age') # => 35.8

options.
a float, or +nil+ if there's no row. See +calculate+ for examples with
Calculates the average value on a given column. The value is returned as
def average(column_name, options = {})
  calculate(:avg, column_name, options)
end

def calculate(operation, column_name, options = {})

Person.sum("2 * age")
Person.minimum(:age, :having => 'min(age) > 17', :group => :last_name) # Selects the minimum age for any family without any minors
Person.minimum(:age, :conditions => ['last_name != ?', 'Drake']) # Selects the minimum age for everyone with a last name other than 'Drake'
Person.average(:age) # SELECT AVG(age) FROM people...
Person.calculate(:count, :all) # The same as Person.count
Examples:

* :distinct - Set this to true to make this a distinct calculation, such as SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT posts.id) ...
include the joined columns.
* :select - By default, this is * as in SELECT * FROM, but can be changed if you for example want to do a join, but not
* :group - An attribute name by which the result should be grouped. Uses the GROUP BY SQL-clause.
* :order - An SQL fragment like "created_at DESC, name" (really only used with GROUP BY calculations).
The records will be returned read-only since they will have attributes that do not correspond to the table's columns.
* :joins - An SQL fragment for additional joins like "LEFT JOIN comments ON comments.post_id = id". (Rarely needed).
* :include: Eager loading, see Associations for details. Since calculations don't load anything, the purpose of this is to access fields on joined tables in your conditions, order, or group clauses.
* :conditions - An SQL fragment like "administrator = 1" or [ "user_name = ?", username ]. See conditions in the intro to ActiveRecord::Base.
Options:

end
...
values.each do |family, max_age|

=> 43
puts values[drake]
values = Person.maximum(:age, :group => :family) # Person belongs_to :family
drake = Family.find_by_last_name('Drake')

=> 43
puts values["Drake"]
values = Person.maximum(:age, :group => 'last_name')

of a belongs_to association.
* Grouped values: This returns an ordered hash of the values and groups them by the :group option. It takes either a column name, or the name
* Single aggregate value: The single value is type cast to Fixnum for COUNT, Float for AVG, and the given column's type for everything else.
There are two basic forms of output:

Options such as :conditions, :order, :group, :having, and :joins can be passed to customize the query.
This calculates aggregate values in the given column. Methods for count, sum, average, minimum, and maximum have been added as shortcuts.
def calculate(operation, column_name, options = {})
  validate_calculation_options(operation, options)
  column_name     = options[:select] if options[:select]
  column_name     = '*' if column_name == :all
  column          = column_for column_name
  catch :invalid_query do
    if options[:group]
      return execute_grouped_calculation(operation, column_name, column, options)
    else
      return execute_simple_calculation(operation, column_name, column, options)
    end
  end
  0
end

def column_alias_for(*keys)

column_alias_for("count", "id") # => "count_id"
column_alias_for("count(*)") # => "count_all"
column_alias_for("count(distinct users.id)") # => "count_distinct_users_id"
column_alias_for("sum(id)") # => "sum_id"
column_alias_for("users.id") # => "users_id"

a usable column name:
Converts the given keys to the value that the database adapter returns as
def column_alias_for(*keys)
  table_name = keys.join(' ')
  table_name.downcase!
  table_name.gsub!(/\*/, 'all')
  table_name.gsub!(/\W+/, ' ')
  table_name.strip!
  table_name.gsub!(/ +/, '_')
  connection.table_alias_for(table_name)
end

def column_for(field)

def column_for(field)
  field_name = field.to_s.split('.').last
  columns.detect { |c| c.name.to_s == field_name }
end

def construct_calculation_sql(operation, column_name, options) #:nodoc:

:nodoc:
def construct_calculation_sql(operation, column_name, options) #:nodoc:
  operation = operation.to_s.downcase
  options = options.symbolize_keys
  scope           = scope(:find)
  merged_includes = merge_includes(scope ? scope[:include] : [], options[:include])
  aggregate_alias = column_alias_for(operation, column_name)
  column_name     = "#{connection.quote_table_name(table_name)}.#{column_name}" if column_names.include?(column_name.to_s)
  if operation == 'count'
    if merged_includes.any?
      options[:distinct] = true
      column_name = options[:select] || [connection.quote_table_name(table_name), primary_key] * '.'
    end
    if options[:distinct]
      use_workaround = !connection.supports_count_distinct?
    end
  end
  if options[:distinct] && column_name.to_s !~ /\s*DISTINCT\s+/i
    distinct = 'DISTINCT ' 
  end
  sql = "SELECT #{operation}(#{distinct}#{column_name}) AS #{aggregate_alias}"
  # A (slower) workaround if we're using a backend, like sqlite, that doesn't support COUNT DISTINCT.
  sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS #{aggregate_alias}" if use_workaround
  options[:group_fields].each_index{|i| sql << ", #{options[:group_fields][i]} AS #{options[:group_aliases][i]}" } if options[:group]
  if options[:from]
    sql << " FROM #{options[:from]} "
  elsif scope && scope[:from] && !use_workaround
    sql << " FROM #{scope[:from]} "
  else
    sql << " FROM (SELECT #{distinct}#{column_name}" if use_workaround
    sql << " FROM #{connection.quote_table_name(table_name)} "
  end
  joins = ""
  add_joins!(joins, options[:joins], scope)
  if merged_includes.any?
    join_dependency = ActiveRecord::Associations::ClassMethods::JoinDependency.new(self, merged_includes, joins)
    sql << join_dependency.join_associations.collect{|join| join.association_join }.join
  end
  sql << joins unless joins.blank?
  add_conditions!(sql, options[:conditions], scope)
  add_limited_ids_condition!(sql, options, join_dependency) if join_dependency && !using_limitable_reflections?(join_dependency.reflections) && ((scope && scope[:limit]) || options[:limit])
  if options[:group]
    group_key = connection.adapter_name == 'FrontBase' ?  :group_aliases : :group_fields
    sql << " GROUP BY #{options[group_key].join(',')} "
  end
  if options[:group] && options[:having]
    having = sanitize_sql_for_conditions(options[:having])
    # FrontBase requires identifiers in the HAVING clause and chokes on function calls
    if connection.adapter_name == 'FrontBase'
      having.downcase!
      having.gsub!(/#{operation}\s*\(\s*#{column_name}\s*\)/, aggregate_alias)
    end
    sql << " HAVING #{having} "
  end
  sql << " ORDER BY #{options[:order]} "       if options[:order]
  add_limit!(sql, options, scope)
  sql << ") #{aggregate_alias}_subquery" if use_workaround
  sql
end

def construct_count_options_from_args(*args)

def construct_count_options_from_args(*args)
  options     = {}
  column_name = :all
  
  # We need to handle
  #   count()
  #   count(:column_name=:all)
  #   count(options={})
  #   count(column_name=:all, options={})
  case args.size
  when 1
    args[0].is_a?(Hash) ? options = args[0] : column_name = args[0]
  when 2
    column_name, options = args
  else
    raise ArgumentError, "Unexpected parameters passed to count(): #{args.inspect}"
  end if args.size > 0
  
  [column_name, options]
end

def count(*args)

Note: Person.count(:all) will not work because it will use :all as the condition. Use Person.count instead.

Person.count(:all, :conditions => "age > 26") # Performs a COUNT(*) (:all is an alias for '*')
Person.count('id', :conditions => "age > 26") # Performs a COUNT(id)
Person.count(:conditions => "age > 26 AND job.salary > 60000", :joins => "LEFT JOIN jobs on jobs.person_id = person.id") # finds the number of rows matching the conditions and joins.
Person.count(:conditions => "age > 26 AND job.salary > 60000", :include => :job) # because of the named association, it finds the DISTINCT count using LEFT OUTER JOIN.
Person.count(:conditions => "age > 26")
Examples for count with options:

Person.count(:age) # returns the total count of all people whose age is present in database
Examples for counting by column:

Person.count # returns the total count of all people
Examples for counting all:

of a database view).
* :from - By default, this is the table name of the class, but can be changed to an alternate table name (or even the name
* :distinct: Set this to true to make this a distinct calculation, such as SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT posts.id) ...
include the joined columns.
* :select: By default, this is * as in SELECT * FROM, but can be changed if you, for example, want to do a join but not
* :group: An attribute name by which the result should be grouped. Uses the GROUP BY SQL-clause.
* :order: An SQL fragment like "created_at DESC, name" (really only used with GROUP BY calculations).
See eager loading under Associations.
to already defined associations. When using named associations, count returns the number of DISTINCT items for the model you're counting.
* :include: Named associations that should be loaded alongside using LEFT OUTER JOINs. The symbols named refer
Pass :readonly => false to override.
If the value is a string, then the records will be returned read-only since they will have attributes that do not correspond to the table's columns.
or named associations in the same form used for the :include option, which will perform an INNER JOIN on the associated table(s).
* :joins: Either an SQL fragment for additional joins like "LEFT JOIN comments ON comments.post_id = id" (rarely needed)
* :conditions: An SQL fragment like "administrator = 1" or [ "user_name = ?", username ]. See conditions in the intro to ActiveRecord::Base.

The third approach, count using options, accepts an option hash as the only parameter. The options are:

* Count using options will find the row count matched by the options used.
* Count using column: By passing a column name to count, it will return a count of all the rows for the model with supplied column present
* Count all: By not passing any parameters to count, it will return a count of all the rows for the model.

Count operates using three different approaches.
def count(*args)
  calculate(:count, *construct_count_options_from_args(*args))
end

def execute_grouped_calculation(operation, column_name, column, options) #:nodoc:

:nodoc:
def execute_grouped_calculation(operation, column_name, column, options) #:nodoc:
  group_attr    = options[:group]
  association   = reflect_on_association(group_attr.to_s.to_sym)
  associated    = association && association.macro == :belongs_to # only count belongs_to associations
  group_fields  = Array(associated ? association.primary_key_name : group_attr)
  group_aliases = []
  group_columns = {}
  
  group_fields.each do |field|
    group_aliases << column_alias_for(field)
    group_columns[column_alias_for(field)] = column_for(field)
  end
  sql             = construct_calculation_sql(operation, column_name, options.merge(:group_fields => group_fields, :group_aliases => group_aliases))
  calculated_data = connection.select_all(sql)
  aggregate_alias = column_alias_for(operation, column_name)
  if association
    key_ids     = calculated_data.collect { |row| row[group_aliases.first] }
    key_records = association.klass.base_class.find(key_ids)
    key_records = key_records.inject({}) { |hsh, r| hsh.merge(r.id => r) }
  end
  calculated_data.inject(ActiveSupport::OrderedHash.new) do |all, row|
    key   = group_aliases.map{|group_alias| type_cast_calculated_value(row[group_alias], group_columns[group_alias])}
    key   = key.first if key.size == 1
    key   = key_records[key] if associated
    value = row[aggregate_alias]
    all[key] = type_cast_calculated_value(value, column, operation)
    all
  end
end

def execute_simple_calculation(operation, column_name, column, options) #:nodoc:

:nodoc:
def execute_simple_calculation(operation, column_name, column, options) #:nodoc:
  value = connection.select_value(construct_calculation_sql(operation, column_name, options))
  type_cast_calculated_value(value, column, operation)
end

def maximum(column_name, options = {})

Person.maximum('age') # => 93

+calculate+ for examples with options.
with the same data type of the column, or +nil+ if there's no row. See
Calculates the maximum value on a given column. The value is returned
def maximum(column_name, options = {})
  calculate(:max, column_name, options)
end

def minimum(column_name, options = {})

Person.minimum('age') # => 7

+calculate+ for examples with options.
with the same data type of the column, or +nil+ if there's no row. See
Calculates the minimum value on a given column. The value is returned
def minimum(column_name, options = {})
  calculate(:min, column_name, options)
end

def sum(column_name, options = {})

Person.sum('age') # => 4562

+calculate+ for examples with options.
with the same data type of the column, 0 if there's no row. See
Calculates the sum of values on a given column. The value is returned
def sum(column_name, options = {})
  calculate(:sum, column_name, options)
end

def type_cast_calculated_value(value, column, operation = nil)

def type_cast_calculated_value(value, column, operation = nil)
  if value.is_a?(String) || value.nil?
    case operation.to_s.downcase
    when 'count' then value.to_i
    when 'sum'   then type_cast_using_column(value || '0', column)
    when 'avg' then value.try(:to_d)
    else type_cast_using_column(value, column)
    end
  else
    value
  end
end

def type_cast_using_column(value, column)

def type_cast_using_column(value, column)
  column ? column.type_cast(value) : value
end

def validate_calculation_options(operation, options = {})

def validate_calculation_options(operation, options = {})
  options.assert_valid_keys(CALCULATIONS_OPTIONS)
end