How to execute complex SQL queries for below mentioned scenarios - tooltwist

Question

XpcSecurity credentials = ud.getCredentials();
Xpc xpc = new Xpc(credentials);
xpc.start("training.getEmployees", "select");
xpc.attrib("id", "10");
XData result = xpc.run();
• What if we want get the employees whose id between 10 and 30
• What if I want to select a record based on timestamp/date
• If want to join multiple tables and query it.

Answer 1

It seems that you are using an XPC Plugin (XPC class file) based on the entity "training.getEmployees" in xpc.start("training.getEmployees", "select"). In this case, do the following:
XpcSecurity credentials = ud.getCredentials();
Xpc xpc = new Xpc(credentials);
xpc.start("training.getEmployees", "select");
xpc.attrib("idLower", "10");
xpc.attrib("idUpper", "30");
XData result = xpc.run();
In the Xpc plugin (probably named "GetEmployeesXpc") within the runMethod, do the following to get the data passed through the xpc code above
// Get the method passed through xpc.start
String method = elem.getAttribute("method");
// Get the attrib using the following
XData input = new XData(elem);
String upperLimit = input.getText("//idUpper");
String lowerLimit = input.getText("//idLower");
// process the query depending on how you access your data source
if (method.equals("select")) {
// put your logic here to access your data source
String query = "select * from employees where id>"+lowerLimit+" && id<"+upperLimit";"
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} else {
// Do something else
}
You can do the same way with date/timestamp or joins. Just pass the data and handle it in the Xpc plugin.

Answer 2

My answer might be too late but for reference purposes you might try this:
XpcSecurity credentials = ud.getCredentials();
Xpc xpc = new Xpc(credentials);
xpc.start("training.getEmployees","select");
StringBuffer whereClause = new StringBuffer();
//In xpc this is the equivalent of "id between idLower and idUpper"
whereClause.append("<whereClause>\n");
whereClause.append(" <expr op='and' returnType='char'>\n");
whereClause.append(" <expr op='ge' returnType='char'>\n");
whereClause.append(" <operand>id</operand>\n");
whereClause.append(" <operand type='literal'>"+idLower+"</operand>\n");
whereClause.append(" </expr>\n");
whereClause.append(" <expr op='le' returnType='char'>\n");
whereClause.append(" <operand>id</operand>\n");
whereClause.append(" <operand type='literal'>"+idUpper+"</operand>\n");
whereClause.append(" </expr>\n"); whereClause.append(" </expr>\n");
whereClause.append("</whereClause>\n");
xpc.input(whereClause);
XData result = xpc.run();
For table joins:
I see that you're already using xpc class. In this class put this in initialize function:
mapEntity("training.getEmployees");
addLevel("employees");
mapTable("employee", "employee", null);
mapColumn("employee_id", "employeeId", "employeeId", true, false);
mapColumn("first_name", "firstName", "firstName", false, false);
mapColumn("last_name", "lastName", "lastName", false, false);
mapTable("time_track", "timeTrack", null);
mapColumn("time_track_id", "timeTrackId", "timeTrackId", true, false);
mapColumn("time_in", "timeIn", "timeIn", false, false);
mapColumn("time_out", "timeOut", "timeOut", false, false);
mapColumn("employee_id", "employeeId", "employeeId", false, false);
addJoin("employee", "employeeId", "timeTrack", "employeeId");
which is the equivalent to Select * from employee a inner join time_track b on a.employee_id = b.employee_id
And you can now apply the condition on selecting