NoMethodError (undefined method `table_name' for an instance of Arel::Table)

[goosys]

Using Rails 7.1.5 with Ransack 4.0.0 results in the following error:

NoMethodError (undefined method `table_name' for an instance of Arel::Table):
  
ransack (4.0.0) lib/ransack/adapters/active_record/context.rb:16:in `type_for'
ransack (4.0.0) lib/ransack/nodes/attribute.rb:35:in `type'
ransack (4.0.0) lib/ransack/nodes/condition.rb:266:in `default_type'
ransack (4.0.0) lib/ransack/nodes/condition.rb:25:in `extract'
ransack (4.0.0) lib/ransack/nodes/grouping.rb:175:in `write_attribute'
ransack (4.0.0) lib/ransack/nodes/grouping.rb:115:in `method_missing'
ransack (4.0.0) lib/ransack/search.rb:54:in `block in build'
ransack (4.0.0) lib/ransack/search.rb:48:in `each'
ransack (4.0.0) lib/ransack/search.rb:48:in `build'
ransack (4.0.0) lib/ransack/search.rb:40:in `initialize'
ransack (4.0.0) lib/ransack/adapters/active_record/base.rb:16:in `new'
ransack (4.0.0) lib/ransack/adapters/active_record/base.rb:16:in `ransack'
activerecord (7.1.5.1) lib/active_record/relation/delegation.rb:79:in `block in ransack'
activerecord (7.1.5.1) lib/active_record/relation.rb:939:in `_scoping'
activerecord (7.1.5.1) lib/active_record/relation.rb:467:in `scoping'
activerecord (7.1.5.1) lib/active_record/relation/delegation.rb:79:in `ransack'
/workspaces/administrate_ransack/lib/administrate_ransack/searchable.rb:32:in `prepare_search'
/workspaces/administrate_ransack/lib/administrate_ransack/searchable.rb:10:in `scoped_resource'
administrate (0.20.1) app/controllers/administrate/application_controller.rb:8:in `index'
actionpack (7.1.5.1) lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb:6:in `send_action'
...

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The current gemspec allows ransack >= 2.3, but this seems too old to be compatible with modern Rails versions. It might be better to raise the minimum version.

Testing revealed:

• Rails 6.1 works with both Ransack 4.0.0 and 4.3.0 without errors.
• Rails 7.1 works with Ransack 4.1.0 but fails with 4.0.0.

Based on this, I suggest updating the gemspec to require ransack >= 4.1.0 to ensure compatibility with Rails 7.1. What do you think?

[blocknotes]

Thanks for reporting @goosys, but I'm in doubt: to me it seems a Ransack + Rails specific issue 🤔 I set some Rails versions in tests but this doesn't mean that older versions are not working with this gem. I was even thinking in the future to set Ransack dependency without version requirements if feasible.