ActiveRecord Query Not Returning Expected Results When Using Joins and Where Clauses in Rails 7
I've tried everything I can think of but I'm running into an scenario with my ActiveRecord query in Rails 7 where I'm trying to fetch users along with their associated posts, but the results are not what I expect. Specifically, I want to retrieve all users that have at least one published post, but the query seems to be returning users regardless of whether they have any posts or not. Here’s the code I’m using: ```ruby User.joins(:posts).where(posts: { published: true }) ``` I’ve checked the database and confirmed that some users indeed have no posts, yet they are still being included in the results. I also tried adding a `.distinct` call to ensure unique users: ```ruby User.joins(:posts).where(posts: { published: true }).distinct ``` However, this didn’t solve the question. It still returns users who have not published any posts. The `User` model has a `has_many :posts` association, and the `Post` model has a `published` boolean attribute. Here are the relevant parts of my models: ```ruby class User < ApplicationRecord has_many :posts end class Post < ApplicationRecord belongs_to :user scope :published, -> { where(published: true) } end ``` Furthermore, I double-checked that the `published` field in my `posts` table is indeed a boolean and populated correctly. I also tried to run this query directly in the Rails console, and it produced the same unexpected results. Is there something I might be missing in the query logic, or is there a better way to structure this to ensure I only get users with published posts? Any insights would be greatly appreciated! I'm coming from a different tech stack and learning Ruby. I'd really appreciate any guidance on this.