Eager Load Depending on Type of Association in Ruby on Rails

Question

I have a polymorphic association (belongs_to :resource, polymorphic: true) where resource can be a variety of different models. To simplify the questio

Answer 1

You need to define associations in models like this:

class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :resource, polymorphic: true

  belongs_to :order, -> { includes(:issues).where(issues: { resource_type: 'Order' }) }, foreign_key: :resource_id
  belongs_to :customer, -> { includes(:issues).where(issues: { resource_type: 'Customer' }) }, foreign_key: :resource_id
end

class Order < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :address
  has_many :issues, as: :resource
end

class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :location
  has_many :issues, as: :resource
end

Now you may do required preload:

Issue.includes(order: :address, customer: :location).all

In views you should use explicit relation name:

<%- @issues.each do |issue| -%>
<%- case issue.resource -%>
<%- when Customer -%>
<%= issue.customer.name %> <%= issue.customer.location.name %>
<%- when Order -%>
<%= issue.order.number %> <%= issue.order.address.details %>
<%- end -%>

That's all, no more n-plus-one queries.