Example
ActiveRecord with includes ensures that all of the specified associations are loaded using the minimum possible number of queries. So when querying a table for data with an associated table, both tables are loaded into memory.
@authors = Author.includes(:books).where(books: { bestseller: true } )
# this will print results without additional db hitting
@authors.each do |author|
author.books.each do |book|
puts book.title
end
end
Author.joins(:books).where(books: { bestseller: true } ) will load only authors with conditions into memory without loading books. Use joins when additional information about nested associations isn't required.
@authors = Author.joins(:books).where(books: { bestseller: true } )
# this will print results without additional queries
@authors.each { |author| puts author.name }
# this will print results with additional db queries
@authors.each do |author|
author.books.each do |book|
puts book.title
end
end
