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references

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references(*table_names) public

Use to indicate that the given table_names are referenced by an SQL string, and should therefore be JOINed in any query rather than loaded separately. This method only works in conjunction with #includes. See #includes for more details.

User.includes(:posts).where("posts.name = 'foo'")
# Doesn't JOIN the posts table, resulting in an error.

User.includes(:posts).where("posts.name = 'foo'").references(:posts)
# Query now knows the string references posts, so adds a JOIN

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb, line 201
    def references(*table_names)
      check_if_method_has_arguments!(:references, table_names)
      spawn.references!(*table_names)
    end

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