U:RDoc::AnyMethod[iI"select:ETI"&ActiveRecord::QueryMethods#select;TF:publico:RDoc::Markup::Document:@parts[o:RDoc::Markup::Paragraph;	[I"Works in two unique ways.;To:RDoc::Markup::BlankLineo;
;	[I"LFirst: takes a block so it can be used just like <tt>Array#select</tt>.;T@o:RDoc::Markup::Verbatim;	[I"/Model.all.select { |m| m.field == value }
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;	[I"JThis will build an array of objects from the database for the scope, ;TI"Dconverting them into an array and iterating through them using ;TI"<tt>Array#select</tt>.;T@o;
;	[I"NSecond: Modifies the SELECT statement for the query so that only certain ;TI"fields are retrieved:;T@o;;	[I"Model.select(:field)
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;	[I"MAlthough in the above example it looks as though this method returns an ;TI"Karray, it actually returns a relation object and can have other query ;TI"Umethods appended to it, such as the other methods in ActiveRecord::QueryMethods.;T@o;
;	[I"?The argument to the method can also be an array of fields.;T@o;;	[I"7Model.select(:field, :other_field, :and_one_more)
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;	[I"YYou can also use one or more strings, which will be used unchanged as SELECT fields.;T@o;;	[I"DModel.select('field AS field_one', 'other_field AS field_two')
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;	[I"QIf an alias was specified, it will be accessible from the resulting objects:;T@o;;	[I"8Model.select('field AS field_one').first.field_one
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;	[I"UAccessing attributes of an object that do not have fields retrieved by a select ;TI"?except +id+ will throw ActiveModel::MissingAttributeError:;T@o;;	[I",Model.select(:field).first.other_field
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