Merge pull request #51219 from mylesboone/order_references_arel_attribute

[Fix #49999] properly reference from Arel::Attribute args

activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb

@@ -2081,17 +2081,29 @@ def column_references(order_args)
         order_args.flat_map do |arg|
           case arg
           when String, Symbol
-            arg
+            extract_table_name_from(arg)
           when Hash
-            arg.keys.select { |e| e.is_a?(String) || e.is_a?(Symbol) }
+            arg
+              .map do |key, value|
+                case value
+                when Hash
+                  key.to_s
+                else
+                  extract_table_name_from(key) if key.is_a?(String) || key.is_a?(Symbol)
+                end
+              end
+          when Arel::Attribute
+            arg.relation.name
+          when Arel::Nodes::Ordering
+            if arg.expr.is_a?(Arel::Attribute)
+              arg.expr.relation.name
+            end
           end
-        end.filter_map do |arg|
+        end.compact
-          arg =~ /^\W?(\w+)\W?\./ && $1
+      end
-        end +
+
-        order_args
+      def extract_table_name_from(string)
-          .select { |e| e.is_a?(Hash) }
+        string.match(/^\W?(\w+)\W?\./) && $1
-          .flat_map { |e| e.map { |k, v| k if v.is_a?(Hash) } }
-          .compact
       end
 
       def order_column(field)

activerecord/test/cases/relation/order_test.rb

@@ -55,11 +55,13 @@ def test_order_with_association
     assert_equal(author_then_book_name, Book.includes(:author).order("authors.name", books: { name: :asc }))
     assert_equal(author_then_book_name, Book.includes(:author).order("authors.name", "books.name"))
     assert_equal(author_then_book_name, Book.includes(:author).order({ authors: { name: :asc } }, Book.arel_table[:name]))
+    assert_equal(author_then_book_name, Book.includes(:author).order(Author.arel_table[:name], Book.arel_table[:name]))
 
     author_desc_then_book_name = [y, x, z]
 
     assert_equal(author_desc_then_book_name, Book.includes(:author).order(authors: { name: :desc }, books: { name: :asc }))
     assert_equal(author_desc_then_book_name, Book.includes(:author).order("authors.name desc", books: { name: :asc }))
+    assert_equal(author_desc_then_book_name, Book.includes(:author).order(Author.arel_table[:name].desc, books: { name: :asc }))
     assert_equal(author_desc_then_book_name, Book.includes(:author).order({ authors: { name: :desc } }, :name))
   end
 end