Merge pull request #36805 from kamipo/user_supplied_joins_order_should_be_preserved

Preserve user supplied joins order as much as possible

activerecord/CHANGELOG.md

+*   Preserve user supplied joins order as much as possible.
+
+    Fixes #36761, #34328, #24281, #12953.
+
+    *Ryuta Kamizono*
+
 *   Make the DATABASE_URL env variable only affect the primary connection. Add new env variables for multiple databases.
 
     *John Crepezzi*, *Eileen Uchitelle*

activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb

@@ -1095,26 +1095,44 @@ def valid_association_list(associations)
       end
 
       def build_left_outer_joins(manager, outer_joins, aliases)
-        buckets = { association_join: valid_association_list(outer_joins) }
+        buckets = Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = [] }
+        buckets[:association_join] = valid_association_list(outer_joins)
         build_join_query(manager, buckets, Arel::Nodes::OuterJoin, aliases)
       end
 
       def build_joins(manager, joins, aliases)
+        buckets = Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = [] }
+
         unless left_outer_joins_values.empty?
           left_joins = valid_association_list(left_outer_joins_values.flatten)
-          joins.unshift construct_join_dependency(left_joins, Arel::Nodes::OuterJoin)
+          buckets[:stashed_join] << construct_join_dependency(left_joins, Arel::Nodes::OuterJoin)
         end
 
-        buckets = joins.group_by do |join|
+        joins.map! do |join|
+          if join.is_a?(String)
+            table.create_string_join(Arel.sql(join.strip)) unless join.blank?
+          else
+            join
+          end
+        end.delete_if(&:blank?)
+
+        while joins.first.is_a?(Arel::Nodes::Join)
+          join_node = joins.shift
+          if join_node.is_a?(Arel::Nodes::StringJoin) && !buckets[:stashed_join].empty?
+            buckets[:join_node] << join_node
+          else
+            buckets[:leading_join] << join_node
+          end
+        end
+
+        joins.each do |join|
           case join
-          when String
-            :string_join
           when Hash, Symbol, Array
-            :association_join
+            buckets[:association_join] << join
           when ActiveRecord::Associations::JoinDependency
-            :stashed_join
+            buckets[:stashed_join] << join
           when Arel::Nodes::Join
-            :join_node
+            buckets[:join_node] << join
           else
             raise "unknown class: %s" % join.class.name
           end
@@ -1124,25 +1142,21 @@ def build_joins(manager, joins, aliases)
       end
 
       def build_join_query(manager, buckets, join_type, aliases)
-        buckets.default = []
-
         association_joins = buckets[:association_join]
         stashed_joins     = buckets[:stashed_join]
+        leading_joins     = buckets[:leading_join].tap(&:uniq!)
         join_nodes        = buckets[:join_node].tap(&:uniq!)
-        string_joins      = buckets[:string_join].delete_if(&:blank?).map!(&:strip).tap(&:uniq!)
-
-        string_joins.map! { |join| table.create_string_join(Arel.sql(join)) }
 
         join_sources = manager.join_sources
-        join_sources.concat(join_nodes) unless join_nodes.empty?
+        join_sources.concat(leading_joins) unless leading_joins.empty?
 
         unless association_joins.empty? && stashed_joins.empty?
-          alias_tracker = alias_tracker(join_nodes + string_joins, aliases)
+          alias_tracker = alias_tracker(leading_joins + join_nodes, aliases)
           join_dependency = construct_join_dependency(association_joins, join_type)
           join_sources.concat(join_dependency.join_constraints(stashed_joins, alias_tracker))
         end
 
-        join_sources.concat(string_joins) unless string_joins.empty?
+        join_sources.concat(join_nodes) unless join_nodes.empty?
       end
 
       def build_select(arel)

activerecord/test/cases/associations/inner_join_association_test.rb

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 class InnerJoinAssociationTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   fixtures :authors, :author_addresses, :essays, :posts, :comments, :categories, :categories_posts, :categorizations,
-           :taggings, :tags
+           :taggings, :tags, :people
 
   def test_construct_finder_sql_applies_aliases_tables_on_association_conditions
     result = Author.joins(:thinking_posts, :welcome_posts).to_a
@@ -36,16 +36,37 @@ def test_construct_finder_sql_does_not_table_name_collide_on_duplicate_associati
   end
 
   def test_construct_finder_sql_does_not_table_name_collide_with_string_joins
-    sql = Person.joins(:agents).joins("JOIN people agents_people ON agents_people.primary_contact_id = people.id").to_sql
-    assert_match(/agents_people_2/i, sql)
+    string_join = <<~SQL
+      JOIN people agents_people ON agents_people.primary_contact_id = agents_people_2.id AND agents_people.id > agents_people_2.id
+    SQL
+
+    expected = people(:susan)
+    assert_sql(/agents_people_2/i) do
+      assert_equal [expected], Person.joins(:agents).joins(string_join)
+    end
   end
 
   def test_construct_finder_sql_does_not_table_name_collide_with_aliased_joins
-    people = Person.arel_table
-    agents = people.alias("agents_people")
-    constraint = agents[:primary_contact_id].eq(people[:id])
-    sql = Person.joins(:agents).joins(agents.create_join(agents, agents.create_on(constraint))).to_sql
-    assert_match(/agents_people_2/i, sql)
+    agents = Person.arel_table.alias("agents_people")
+    agents_2 = Person.arel_table.alias("agents_people_2")
+    constraint = agents[:primary_contact_id].eq(agents_2[:id]).and(agents[:id].gt(agents_2[:id]))
+
+    expected = people(:susan)
+    assert_sql(/agents_people_2/i) do
+      assert_equal [expected], Person.joins(:agents).joins(agents.create_join(agents, agents.create_on(constraint)))
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_user_supplied_joins_order_should_be_preserved
+    string_join = <<~SQL
+      JOIN people agents_people_2 ON agents_people_2.primary_contact_id = people.id
+    SQL
+    agents = Person.arel_table.alias("agents_people")
+    agents_2 = Person.arel_table.alias("agents_people_2")
+    constraint = agents[:primary_contact_id].eq(agents_2[:id]).and(agents[:id].gt(agents_2[:id]))
+
+    expected = people(:susan)
+    assert_equal [expected], Person.joins(string_join).joins(agents.create_join(agents, agents.create_on(constraint)))
   end
 
   def test_construct_finder_sql_ignores_empty_joins_hash