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Onichan
Onichan

Reputation: 4526

Save Rails array with outer quotes

Is it possible to save the following array without outer quotes? Or is it possible to access the array without the outer quotes?

e.hours = "5:30AM", "6:00AM", "6:30AM"
# => ["5:30AM", "6:00AM", "6:30AM"] 
e.save
   (0.2ms)  begin transaction
  SQL (1.6ms)  UPDATE "brands" SET "hours" = ?, "updated_at" = ? WHERE "brands"."id" = ?  [["hours", "[\"5:30AM\", \"6:00AM\", \"6:30AM\"]"], ["updated_at", "2015-09-30 00:35:25.117927"], ["id", 1]]
   (6.8ms)  commit transaction
# => true 
e
# => #<Brand id: 1, name: "Starbucks", created_at: "2015-09-23 22:59:08", updated_at: "2015-09-30 00:35:25", hours: "[\"5:30AM\", \"6:00AM\", \"6:30AM\">

This is what the migration looks like:

add_column :brands, :hours, :string, array: true, default: []

When I try to access the array in the controller, it returns the array with outer quotes:

[1] pry(#<OrdersController>)> @delivery_hours
# => "[\"5:30AM\", \"6:00AM\", \"6:30AM\"]"

Upvotes: 0

Views: 90

Answers (2)

pangpang
pangpang

Reputation: 8831

Rails stores array records in JSON format, so you just need to change JSON to array.

JSON.parse("[\"5:30AM\", \"6:00AM\", \"6:30AM\"]")
# => ["5:30AM", "6:00AM", "6:30AM"]

Upvotes: 2

miler350
miler350

Reputation: 1421

In your order.rb file, add this:

serialize :hours, Array

Upvotes: 2

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