On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 19:39 -0500, Sean O''Hara
wrote:> Hi All,
>
> I have a question about what would be the best or the "rails" way
to
> generate a report from my web app that is basically a web store. I
> wonder if I should just come up with a complex sql query by hand
> (which would probably take a while to figure out since I don''t
know
> much beyond basic sql, i.e. haven''t delved into joins yet). Or
should
> I just use my rails models and attributes and do all the calculations
> in ruby (I fear this could this could entail a significant database
> hit).
>
> Here is my data structure.
>
> Artists has_many Releases has_many Products has_many LineItems
> has_many Orders.
>
> I would like to generate a sales report that lists each artist with
> their associated releases and for each product associated with that
> release I would like to list the number of copies sold and the total
> sales price.
>
> Any opinions on the best way to approach this?
----
the find (complex searches)...
http://brainspl.at/articles/2006/06/30/new-release-of-ez_where-plugin
the view code - start hacking
Craig
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