Rails - Jun 2006 - Calculations based on multiple tables

Hi there,

I''m trying to grab all the contest_entries from a particular contest,
and
then grab all the appropriate contest_ratings associated with the songs and
contest. The end result is an average score for each song involved in each
contest.

I made an ERD of my table structure which can be found at:
http://antrover.com/erd/contest_question.jpg

Here''s my model structure:
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class Contest < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :contest_entries
  has_many :songs, :through => :contest_entries
end

class ContestEntry < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :song
  belongs_to :contest
  has_many :contest_ratings
end

class ContestRating < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :contest_entry
end

class Song < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :member
  has_many :contest_entries, :dependent => true
end

class Member < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :songs, :order => :position
end
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This is what I''m currently doing to perform the average on each song,
but it
seems like there should be a better way.

def show_contest
    @contest = Contest.find(params[:id])
    @contest_entries = ContestEntry.find_all_by_contest_id(@contest.id)
    @contest_entries.each do |contest_entry|
      songs = ContestRating.find_all_by_contest_entry_id
(contest_entry.id.to_s)
      total = 0
      songs.each do |song|
        total += song.score
      end
      average_score = total.to_f / songs.size.to_f
      song_name = Song.find_by_id(contest_entry.song_id)
    end
end


Thank you,
Dave Hoefler
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