class Symbol

Sequel extends Symbol to add methods to implement the SQL DSL.

Public Instance Methods

[](v) click to toggle source
# File lib/sequel/extensions/symbol_aref.rb, line 44
def [](v)
  case v
  when Symbol, Sequel::SQL::Identifier, Sequel::SQL::QualifiedIdentifier
    Sequel::SQL::QualifiedIdentifier.new(self, v)
  else
    aref_before_sequel(v)
  end
end
identifier() click to toggle source

Returns receiver wrapped in an Sequel::SQL::Identifier.

:a.identifier # SQL: "a"
# File lib/sequel/extensions/core_extensions.rb, line 209
def identifier
  Sequel::SQL::Identifier.new(self)
end
sql_function(*args) click to toggle source

Returns a Sequel::SQL::Function with this as the function name, and the given arguments.

:now.sql_function # SQL: now()
:sum.sql_function(:a) # SQL: sum(a)
:concat.sql_function(:a, :b) # SQL: concat(a, b)
# File lib/sequel/extensions/core_extensions.rb, line 219
def sql_function(*args)
  Sequel::SQL::Function.new(self, *args)
end