Hi Dave,
As far I know you can run a sql query like above on your smart objects through the ado.net data provider...
Some example code:
SOConnection conn = new SOConnection(“blackpearl”, 5555);
SOCommand cmd = new SOCommand();
cmd.Connection = conn;
cmd.CommandText = “INSERT INTO Employee] (FirstName) VALUES (@FirstName)”;
cmd.Parameters.Add(new SOParameter(“FirstName”, FirstNameTextBox.Text));
int recordsInserted = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
I think there are some limits to the SQL commands you can use - the last I heard the limits where:
- No nested queries
- No aggregate functions
- and no TOP syntax.
These things will be possible in the feuture too, not sure in which release..
Ciao,
Thanks Gerhard, that's good to know, I thought it was hands off the database.
Dave
Hi Dave,
No let me clarify - these SQL commands are NOT run against the SQL database - this is done through the service object API, so these are ADO.Net "SQL" commands, and never directly on the DB. Have a look at the SourceCode.Data.SmartObjectClient namespace in the developer reference. Hope that makes sense?
Cheers,
Thanks Gerhard, that makes sense. I've used the SourceCode.Data.SmartObjectClient namespace.
I thought there would be a SmartObject orientated way of retrieving, rather than ADO.NET. I've seen the Conditional Class and Join Class in the SDK. SmartProperty's have AssociationsTo collection so thought there would be a way of retrieving SmartObjects and their Associated SmartObject using a SmartObject method.
Dave
This is related to a problem I am having regarding querying for SmartObjects so I thought i'd resurrect this thread. I would like to be able to query for the most recent Activity for every process instance. I would this run as one query, but am unsure of how to do this without using MAX/Inner selects. Any ideas?
Thank you,
Brian
