Unscoped Associations

Want to skip the default_scope when you get objects through associations (for some strange reasons)? Do it easily with this lib. Supported associations:

• :belongs_to
• :has_one
• :has_many

Installation

Add this line to your Gemfile:

gem 'unscoped_associations'

Or install the gem manually:

gem install unscoped_associations

Usage

Basic usage example:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :comments # or , unscoped: false
  has_many :all_comments, class_name: 'Comment', unscoped: true
  has_one  :last_comment, class_name: 'Comment', order: 'created_at DESC', unscoped: true

  default_scope { where(active: true) }
end

class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :user, unscoped: true

  default_scope { where(public: true) }
end

@user.comments # => return public comments
@user.all_comments # => return all comments skipping default_scope
@user.last_comment # => return last comment skipping default_scope
@comment.user # => return user w/o taking account 'active' flag

Status

Tested on Rails 3 series and Rails 4. Originally was thought and built for Rails 3, but Rails 4 is also supported.

NOTE Rails 4 introduces some updates (and more planned for upcoming releases) related to this part. For example, in Rails 4, you are able to customize associations using a scope block, so you can skip the default_scope by:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :all_comments, -> { where(public: [true, false]) }, class_name: 'Comment'
end

Anyway, you can use unscoped option, if you prefer.

Contributing

Ideas, fixes, improvements or any comment are welcome!

License

Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Marc Anguera. Unscoped Associations is released under the MIT License.