From 2061f6a01287479b9c53d9bf200760ba2201a26e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jake Burkhead <jake.b@socialcodeinc.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 13:31:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] skip preloading nil fields

---
 scope.go | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scope.go b/scope.go
index c00cd0a1..5c0fe6f3 100644
--- a/scope.go
+++ b/scope.go
@@ -1217,21 +1217,50 @@ func (scope *Scope) getColumnAsArray(columns []string, values ...interface{}) (r
 				var result []interface{}
 				var object = indirect(indirectValue.Index(i))
 				for _, column := range columns {
-					result = append(result, object.FieldByName(column).Interface())
+					field := object.FieldByName(column)
+					if isNil(field) {
+						continue
+					}
+					result = append(result, field.Interface())
+				}
+				if len(result) > 0 {
+					results = append(results, result)
 				}
-				results = append(results, result)
 			}
 		case reflect.Struct:
 			var result []interface{}
 			for _, column := range columns {
-				result = append(result, indirectValue.FieldByName(column).Interface())
+				field := indirectValue.FieldByName(column)
+				if isNil(field) {
+					continue
+				}
+				result = append(result, field.Interface())
+			}
+			if len(result) > 0 {
+				results = append(results, result)
 			}
-			results = append(results, result)
 		}
 	}
 	return
 }
 
+func isNil(v reflect.Value) bool {
+	if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && v.IsNil() {
+		return true
+	}
+	switch v := v.Interface().(type) {
+	case sql.NullBool:
+		return !v.Valid
+	case sql.NullFloat64:
+		return !v.Valid
+	case sql.NullInt64:
+		return !v.Valid
+	case sql.NullString:
+		return !v.Valid
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func (scope *Scope) getColumnAsScope(column string) *Scope {
 	indirectScopeValue := scope.IndirectValue()