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Nhibernate Queryover subquery and whereexists with 2 conditions


Consider the following object structure.

Product
id : int
name : string
attribute : list of Attribute

Attribute
id : int
name: string
value : string
product_id : int

The questions is: Using QueryOver how to form a subquery to return all products with the following conditions:

Select all products where when have attributes at the same time:

Attribute name = "Color" Value="Red" and Attribute name = "Size" Value="XXL" ?

Edit: Sample sql:

select * from Product p where
exists (select id from attribute where name = 'Color' and value = 'Red' and product_id = p.id)
and
exists (select id from attribute where name = 'Size' and value = 'XXL' and product_id = p.id)

Solution

  • using a subquery which counts the attribute matches is the easiest IMO

    Product productAlias = null
    
    // get the count of matching Attributes
    var subquery = QueryOver.Of<Product>()
        .Where(p = > p.Id == productAlias.Id)
        .JoinQueryOver(p => p.Attributes)  
            .Where(a => (a.Name == "Color" && a.Value == "Red") || (a.Name == "Size" && a.Value == "XXL"))
        .Select(Projections.RowCount());
    
    // get the Products where all match
    var results = session.QueryOver(() => productAlias)
        .WithSubquery.WhereValue(2).Eq(subquery)
        .List();
    

    The subquery can be shortened if there is a Property Product on the Attribute class