instance method
sum
Ruby on Rails 2.3.18
Since v2.2.3 Last seen in v2.3.18Available in: v2.2.3 v2.3.18
Signature
sum(column_name, options = {})
Calculates the sum of values on a given column. The value is returned with the same data type of the column, 0 if there’s no row. See calculate for examples with options.
Person.sum('age') # => 4562
Parameters
-
column_namereq -
optionsopt = {}
Source
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/calculations.rb, line 83
def sum(column_name, options = {})
calculate(:sum, column_name, options)
end
Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/calculations.rb line 83
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Defined in ActiveRecord::Calculations::ClassMethods