How to fetch models without any meta fields

[AlirezaSedghi]

Hi there,

I'm trying to load data without fetching any meta fields along with it. I've attempted to use the without method, but it's not working as expected. Here's the code I tried:

$people = Person::without(['metas'])->get();

Can you suggest an alternative solution or help me figure out why this approach isn't working?

Thank you.

[siamak2]

Hello Metas are not retrieved from database by default. They're only loaded if you either used Model::with('metas') or trying to access a meta.

[AlirezaSedghi]

But currently, with the eloquent query that I wrote, Laravel executed the following database queries to produce the result:

The picture above shows that 36500 MetaData models were loaded, using the following query for each one, even though I did not use "with('metas')": select * frompeople_metawhereperson_id= * andperson_idis not null

[siamak2]

Send the code of your eloquent query builder and how you use it's result, so I can reproduce the issue. Does queries tab show the location and line where that query was performed?

[AlirezaSedghi]

Thanks to the helpful answers provided by @siamak2, I was able to identify the problem. The issue was caused by attempting to retrieve model attributes in the view. When attempting to retrieve a single attribute value of the model, all of its attributes were being fetched simultaneously.