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JConstantine
JConstantine

Reputation: 3931

GroupBy SqlFunction on QueryOver

I have a list of all distinct account name prefixes (a-z) which I acquire using

var accounts = this.SessionManager.GetActiveSession().QueryOver<Account>();

var q = accounts.Select(Projections.Distinct(
        Projections.SqlFunction("substring", 
                                NHibernateUtil.String, 
                                Projections.Property("Name"),
                                Projections.Constant(1),
                                Projections.Constant(1))));

However what I want to do is instead of returning a distinct list is group the prefixes and return the number of accounts that start with that prefix, but I am unsure how to perform a group by using query over as it is not as straightforward as standard linq.

The reason I am using QueryOver and not Query is because for some reason the substring function is being performed in memory and not on the database server.

This is how I would usually do it

var prefixes = (from acc in this.SessionManager.GetActiveSession().Query<Account>()
              group acc by acc.Name.Substring(0, 1)
              into grp
              select new
                       {
                         Prefix = grp.Key,
                         Count = grp.Count()
                       });

Edit This is what I tried but I received the following error

Unrecognised method call in expression SqlFunction("substring", NHibernateUtil.String, new [] {Property("Name"), Constant(Convert(1)), Constant(Convert(1))})

var accounts = this.SessionManager.GetActiveSession().QueryOver<Account>().Select(
            Projections.Group<string>(x => Projections.SqlFunction("substring", NHibernateUtil.String,
                                                       Projections.Property("Name"), Projections.Constant(1),
                                                       Projections.Constant(1))),
            Projections.Count<string>(x => Projections.SqlFunction("substring", NHibernateUtil.String,
                                                       Projections.Property("Name"), Projections.Constant(1),
                                                       Projections.Constant(1)))

          );

Upvotes: 6

Views: 1117

Answers (3)

Jonas H&#248;gh
Jonas H&#248;gh

Reputation: 10874

Have you considered eliminating the need for the substring query by storing the first character of the name in a separate column?

Assuming you are using SQL Server, you could make it a persisted computed column to avoid having to update the code that inserts/updates the table.

The ability to add an index containing this column should also help you improve your query performance.

Upvotes: 3

Martin Ernst
Martin Ernst

Reputation: 5679

You can do it using Projections.SqlGroupProjection if all else fails!

var accounts = _busDb.Session.QueryOver<QueueEntity>()
        .Select(
            Projections.SqlGroupProjection(
                "SUBSTRING({alias}.Name, 1) as FirstChar", 
                "SUBSTRING({alias}.Name, 1)",
                new[] {"FirstChar"},
                new[] {NHibernateUtil.String}),
            Projections.Count("id"));

The first argument is what is selected in the select, the second argument is what is grouped by, the third argument is the name of the column(s) that are selected, and the fourth argument is the type of data that's being selected.

Upvotes: 4

Esen
Esen

Reputation: 973

how big is your list? If it is less than 1000 I would collect item list from sql server then perform your regular group by query against the list 

var sqlout= (from acc in this.SessionManager.GetActiveSession().Query<Account>()
          select new
                   {
                     Name = acc.Name,
                     col1= acc.col1
                   }).TolList();

and then

var prefixes = (from acc in sqlout
          group acc by acc.Name.Substring(0, 1)
          into grp
          select new
                   {
                     Prefix = grp.Key,
                     Count = grp.Count()
                   });

Substring function would work here since its running on c# list not on sql server

Upvotes: 3

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