move shortcut method into grammar.

laravel/database/connection.php

@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class Connection {
 			return ! $binding instanceof Expression;
 		}));
 
-		$sql = $this->transform($sql, $bindings);
+		$sql = $this->grammar()->shortcut($sql, $bindings);
 
 		$statement = $this->pdo->prepare($sql);
 
@@ -229,39 +229,6 @@ class Connection {
 		return array($statement, $result);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Transform an SQL query into an executable query.
-	 *
-	 * @param  string  $sql
-	 * @param  array   $bindings
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	protected function transform($sql, $bindings)
-	{
-		// Laravel provides an easy short-cut notation for writing raw
-		// WHERE IN statements. If (...) is in the query, it will be
-		// replaced with the correct number of parameters based on
-		// the bindings for the query.
-		if (strpos($sql, '(...)') !== false)
-		{
-			for ($i = 0; $i < count($bindings); $i++)
-			{
-				// If the binding is an array, we can assume it is being used
-				// to fill a "where in" condition, so we'll replace the next
-				// place-holder in the SQL query with the correct number of
-				// parameters based on the elements in the binding.
-				if (is_array($bindings[$i]))
-				{
-					$parameters = $this->grammar()->parameterize($bindings[$i]);
-
-					$sql = preg_replace('~\(\.\.\.\)~', "({$parameters})", $sql, 1);
-				}
-			}			
-		}
-
-		return trim($sql);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Log the query and fire the core query event.
 	 *

laravel/database/query/grammars/grammar.php

@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ class Grammar extends \Laravel\Database\Grammar {
 	 */
 	protected function selects(Query $query)
 	{
-		// Sometimes developers may set a "select" clause on the same query that
-		// is performing in aggregate look-up, such as during pagination. So we
-		// will not generate the select clause if an aggregate is present.
+		// Sometimes developers may set a "select" clause on the same query
+		// that is performing in aggregate look-up, like during pagination.
+		// So we will not generate the select clause if an aggregate is
+		// present so the aggregates work.
 		if ( ! is_null($query->aggregate)) return;
 
 		$select = ($query->distinct) ? 'SELECT DISTINCT ' : 'SELECT ';
@@ -388,4 +389,36 @@ class Grammar extends \Laravel\Database\Grammar {
 		return trim("DELETE FROM {$table} ".$this->wheres($query));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Transform an SQL short-cuts into real SQL for PDO.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $sql
+	 * @param  array   $bindings
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function shortcut($sql, $bindings)
+	{
+		// Laravel provides an easy short-cut notation for writing raw
+		// WHERE IN statements. If (...) is in the query, it will be
+		// replaced with the correct number of parameters based on
+		// the bindings for the query.
+		if (strpos($sql, '(...)') !== false)
+		{
+			for ($i = 0; $i < count($bindings); $i++)
+			{
+				// If the binding is an array, we can just assume it's
+				// used to fill a "where in" condition, so we'll just
+				// replace the next place-holder in the query.
+				if (is_array($bindings[$i]))
+				{
+					$parameters = $this->parameterize($bindings[$i]);
+
+					$sql = preg_replace('~\(\.\.\.\)~', "({$parameters})", $sql, 1);
+				}
+			}			
+		}
+
+		return trim($sql);
+	}
+
 }
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