Linq to Nhibernate 3.1 Group By (Or distinct) - nhibernate

I need to do a simple "group by" with a nhibernate query.
My try were :
(from adn in session.Query<Table>()
orderby adn.Data
select adn.Data).Distinct().ToList<string>();
and
session.Query<Table().GroupBy(adn => adn.Data).Select(dat => dat).ToList<string>()
can someone help me to find a solution ?
My goal is to retrieve all the Distinct "Data" Column.
It can be by group by or distinct.
(the 2 solutions would be better for my progression in nhibernate)
Regards
edit
Danyolviax, I tryied your solution
return (from adn in session.Query<Table>()
group adn by adn.Data into dataGroupe
select dataGroupe).ToList<string>();
It doesn't work.
I feared that I use Nhibernate 3.1 (and not 2.1)
Any correction or alternative solution ?
edit 2
In the second solution which works (^^)
I have a list of a class with one property.
In my case, I prefer to have a list of string or int.
Otherwise I should create a specific class for this case.
Do you know a trick.
And thanks for your support.

Look here:
Linq to NHibernate and Group By
here some examples:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vcsharp/aa336754
updated
try this with 3.1.0.4000:
var ret = (from adn in session.Query<Table>()
group adn by adn.Data into dataGroup
select new {dataGroup.Key }).ToList();
update
var ret = (from adn in session.Query<Table>()
group adn by adn.Data into dataGroup
select dataGroup.Key).ToList<string>();

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nhibernate querying over other query results

Hello i'm trying to get all users which have had payments at least 6 months over the given period (which must be a year). I've written SQL which works fine, but i have difficulties trying to convert it to nhibernate.
SQL:
SELECT COUNT(UserId) AS paidMonthsCount, UserId FROM (
SELECT DISTINCT UserId,
YEAR(PayDate) as _year,
MONTH(PayDate) as _month
FROM Payments
WHERE PayDate >= '2014-04-02T00:00:00' AND PayDate < '2015-04-02T23:59:00'
)result GROUP BY result.UserId
i have converted inner SQL:
var subQuery = Session.QueryOver(() => paymentAlias)
.SelectList(list => list
.Select(Projections.Distinct(Projections.Property<VelferdPayment>(p => p.Client.Id)).WithAlias(() => userWithHelp.Id))
.Select(p => p.AssignmentYear).WithAlias(() => userWithHelp.AssignmentDate)
)
.WhereRestrictionOn(p => p.AssignmentDate)
.IsBetween(parameters.FromDate)
.And(parameters.ToDate);
which selects the distinct part and i have the other part which is selecting from result:
var query = Session.QueryOver(() => userWithHelp).
SelectList(list => list
.SelectCount(p=> p.Id).WithAlias(()=> userWithHelpCount.Count)
.SelectGroup(p => p.Id).WithAlias(() => userWithHelpCount.Id)
)
.TransformUsing(Transformers.AliasToBean<UserWithHelpCount>())
.List<UserWithHelpCount>();
How can i queryover the subQuery results or is it possible to write single request to SQL. Working for a long time please help.
In general, with NHibernate we can only (or mainly) query Entities, not TABLES. Other words, we firstly map tables or views or even some <subselect>s into entities. The below mapping of the User (C# object User)
<class name="user" table="[dbo].[user_table]" ...
Will allow us to create query over C# User.
session.QueryOver<User>()...
Behind the scene it will generate FROM clause, which will contain the content of table attribute, i.e. FROM [dbo].[user_table]
That's it. There is no other way how to set the generated FROM clause. Just by mapping.
But there is a way which allow us to use existing ADO.NET connection to create custom query and even convert its result to some entity, or DTO. It is CreateSQLQuery() API:
17.1.5. Returning non-managed entities
It is possible to apply an IResultTransformer to native sql queries. Allowing it to e.g. return non-managed entities.
sess.CreateSQLQuery("SELECT NAME, BIRTHDATE FROM CATS")
.SetResultTransformer(Transformers.AliasToBean(typeof(CatDTO)))
This query specified:
the SQL query string
a result transformer
The above query will return a list of CatDTO which has been instantiated and injected the values of NAME and BIRTHNAME into its corresponding properties or fields.
So, we can use native SQL SELECT statements to get any results. We can even create some custom DTO and let NHibernate to transform result into them...

ZF2 how to avoid sql query limit to add quotes in subquery

I'm trying to set up a subquery in ZendFramework 2 and I got an issue with the limit function for a Select object. Whatever I do, numeric value is put between quotes and makes my query fails : I should get LIMIT 1 and instead I get LIMIT '1'.
Seems this is not the first time this issue has been encountered, I saw some have asked about this issue before (like 8 months ago) but without getting any proper answer.
I also saw this issue has been marker as resolved in 2012 (https://github.com/zendframework/zf2/pull/2775) so I really don't understand what's happening there.
Here's my code in ZF2 :
$resultSet = $this->tableGateway->select( function (Select $select) use ($params) {
$sub = new Select();
$sub->from(array('temp' => 'scores'))
->columns(array(new \Zend\Db\Sql\Expression("id AS id")))
->where(array('temp.glitch' => array('None', 'Glitch')))
->where('temp.zone=scores.zone')
->order('temp.multi DESC, temp.score DESC')
->limit(1);
$select->join('players', 'player=players.id', array('player_name' => 'name', 'player_url' => 'name_url'))
->join('countries', 'players.country=countries.id', array('country_name' => 'name', 'country_iso' => 'iso'))
->join('cars', 'car=cars.id', array('car_name' => 'name'), 'left')
->join('zones', 'zone=zones.id', array('zone_name' => 'name'));
$select->where(array('scores.id' => $sub));
$select->order('scores.zone ASC');
print_r($select->getSqlString());
});
This should render the following query (which I get right except LIMIT '1' instead of LIMIT 1) :
SELECT "scores".*, "players"."name" AS "player_name", "players"."name_url" AS "player_url", "countries"."name" AS "country_name", "countries"."iso" AS "country_iso", "cars"."name" AS "car_name", "zones"."name" AS "zone_name"
FROM "scores" INNER JOIN "players" ON "player"="players"."id"
INNER JOIN "countries" ON "players"."country"="countries"."id"
LEFT JOIN "cars" ON "car"="cars"."id"
INNER JOIN "zones" ON "zone"="zones"."id"
WHERE "scores"."id" = (SELECT id AS id FROM "scores" AS "temp" WHERE "temp"."glitch" IN ('None', 'Glitch')
AND temp.zone=scores.zone ORDER BY "temp"."multi" DESC, "temp"."score" DESC LIMIT 1)
ORDER BY "scores"."zone" ASC
Since this doesn't seem to work this way, is there another way I could proceed to get my limit (using Mysql 5 database) ?
EDIT :
Thanks for your help. Finally I figured out a way to get things done the way I want and to remove the quotes by simply remove the subquery construction and to write it directly in the where function :
$select->where('scores.id = (SELECT id FROM scores AS lookup WHERE lookup.zone = scores.zone ORDER BY multi DESC , score DESC LIMIT 1)');
Although I can continue my dev with this, I feel more like using a poor trick to get rid of this issue and so I will let this question unanswered until someone comes with a real solution there.
Anyway there might be no solution at all, since it might be an issue in ZF2 core itself.
Change the line -
$select->where(array('scores.id' => $sub));
with
$select->where(array('scores.id' => new \Zend\Db\Sql\Expression("({$sub->getSqlString($this->tableGateway->adapter->getPlatform())})"));
Try with just above change.
And if it still doesn't work then make changes to the core Select class file located at -
PROJECT_FOLDER/vendor/zendframework/zendframework/library/Zend/Db/Sql/Select.php
Line No. 921 -
Change $sql = $platform->quoteValue($limit); with $sql = $limit;
Line No. 940 -
Change return array($platform->quoteValue($offset)); with return array($offset);
I have come across the issue from github and wondered as why it is still not working with the latest ZF2 files. I know the solution given above doesn't look like the proper one but I had to somehow make it work. I have tried it and it works.
Its only a quick fix before the actual solution comes into picture.

Getting duplicate results in query

I have Three tables A, B, and C. A is a parent table with mutiple child records in B and C.
When I query into A I am getting too many records, as though FNH is doing a Cartesian product.
My query is of the form:
var list = session.Query<A>()
.Fetch(a=> a.Bs)
.Fetch(a=> a.Cs)
Where Bs is the IList property of A, and Cs is the IList property of A.
I should get only as many Bs as relate to A, and only as many Cs relate to A. Instead I get BxC elements of each.
Is there a better way to load these? I am pretty sure I avoided this exact issue in the past, but don't see it in my old example code.
I'm not sure if this is a NH bug or a mapping issue, however the query could be optimised to
session.Query<A>()
.Fetch(a=> a.Bs)
.ToFuture();
var results = session.Query<A>()
.Fetch(a=> a.Cs)
.ToFuture()
.ToList();
You could use a Transformer to get a distinct result:
var list = session.Query<A>()
.Fetch(a=> a.Bs)
.Fetch(a=> a.Cs)
.SetResultTransformer( Transformers.DistinctRootEntity )
This is NH3.2 syntax, for 2.1 you need to use new DistinctRootEntityTransformer() (I think) as parameter to SetResultTransformer instead.

How to simplify this LINQ to Entities Query to make a less horrible SQL statement from it? (contains Distinct,GroupBy and Count)

I have this SQL expression:
SELECT Musclegroups.Name, COUNT(DISTINCT Workouts.WorkoutID) AS Expr1
FROM Workouts INNER JOIN
Series ON Workouts.WorkoutID = Series.WorkoutID INNER JOIN
Exercises ON Series.ExerciseID = Exercises.ExerciseID INNER JOIN
Musclegroups ON Musclegroups.MusclegroupID = Exercises.MusclegroupID
GROUP BY Musclegroups.Name
Since Im working on a project which uses EF in a WCF Ria LinqToEntitiesDomainService, I have to query this with LINQ (If this isn't a must then pls inform me).
I made this expression:
var WorkoutCountPerMusclegroup = (from s in ObjectContext.Series1
join w in ObjectContext.Workouts on s.WorkoutID equals w.WorkoutID
where w.UserID.Equals(userid) && w.Type.Equals("WeightLifting")
group s by s.Exercise.Musclegroup into g
select new StringKeyIntValuePair
{
TestID = g.Select(n => n.Exercise.MusclegroupID).FirstOrDefault(),
Key = g.Select(n => n.Exercise.Musclegroup.Name).FirstOrDefault(),
Value = g.Select(n => n.WorkoutID).Distinct().Count()
});
The StringKeyIntValuePair is just a custom Entity type I made so I can send down the info to the Silverlight client. Also this is why I need to set an "TestID" for it, as it is an entity and it needs one.
And the problem is, that this linq query produces this horrible SQL statement:
http://pastebay.com/144532
I suppose there is a better way to query this information, a better linq expression maybe. Or is it possible to just query with plain SQL somehow?
EDIT:
I realized that the TestID is unnecessary because the other property named "Key" (the one on which Im grouping) becomes the key of the group, so it will be a key also. And after this, my query looks like this:
var WorkoutCountPerMusclegroup = (from s in ObjectContext.Series1
join w in ObjectContext.Workouts on s.WorkoutID equals w.WorkoutID
where w.UserID.Equals(userid) && w.Type.Equals("WeightLifting")
group w.WorkoutID by s.Exercise.Musclegroup.Name into g
select new StringKeyIntValuePair
{
Key = g.Key,
Value = g.Select(n => n).Distinct().Count()
});
This produces the following SQL: http://pastebay.com/144545
This seems far better then the previous sql statement of the half-baked linq query.
But is this good enough? Or this is the boundary of LinqToEntities capabilities, and if I want even more clear sql, I should make another DomainService which operates with LinqToSQL or something else?
Or the best way would be using a stored procedure, that returns Rowsets? If so, is there a best practice to do this asynchronously, like a simple WCF Ria DomainService query?
I would like to know best practices as well.
Compiling of lambda expression linq can take a lot of time (3–30s), especially using group by and then FirstOrDefault (for left inner joins meaning only taking values from the first row in the group).
The generated sql excecution might not be that bad but the compilation using DbContext which cannot be precompiled with .NET 4.0.
As an example 1 something like:
var q = from a in DbContext.A
join b ... into bb from b in bb.DefaultIfEmtpy()
group new { a, b } by new { ... } into g
select new
{
g.Key.Name1
g.Sum(p => p.b.Salary)
g.FirstOrDefault().b.SomeDate
};
Each FirstOrDefault we added in one case caused +2s compile time which added up 3 times = 6s only to compile not load data (which takes less than 500ms). This basically destroys your application's usability. The user will be waiting many times for no reason.
The only way we found so far to speed up the compilation is to mix lambda expression with object expression (might not be the correct notation).
Example 2: refactoring of previous example 1.
var q = (from a in DbContext.A
join b ... into bb from b in bb.DefaultIfEmtpy()
select new { a, b })
.GroupBy(p => new { ... })
.Select(g => new
{
g.Key.Name1
g.Sum(p => p.b.Salary)
g.FirstOrDefault().b.SomeDate
});
The above example did compile a lot faster than example 1 in our case but still not fast enough so the only solution for us in response-critical areas is to revert to native SQL (to Entities) or using views or stored procedures (in our case Oracle PL/SQL).
Once we have time we are going to test if precompilation works in .NET 4.5 and/or .NET 5.0 for DbContext.
Hope this helps and we can get other solutions.

Return class from nested collection using NHibernate

Doman:
class Action
Products: IList of class ActionProducts:
Category: class Category
Products: IList of class Product
Now, I want this:
var products = from a in Session.Linq<Action>()
from ap in a.Products
from p in ap.Category.Products
where a.Name == name
select p;
And this Linq actually works but: 1. produces select for all tables instead of only Products 2. produces left outer joins, not inner 3. Distinct() on the query doesn't work (though ToList().Distinct() works).
Also can be done with SelectMany(a => a.Products).SelectMany(ap => ap.Category.Products) but it doesn't work at all with current NHibernate.Linq.
So I want to use ICriteria. But I can't see how do I return product, not action?
ICriteria criteria = Session.CreateCriteria(typeof(Action))
.Add(Expression.Eq("Name", name))
.CreateAlias("Products", "ap")
.CreateAlias("ap.Category.Products", "p")
.SomehowReturnMeOnly("p");
So how do I SomehowReturnMeOnly("p")? So that I can do
return criteria.List<Product>();
which will fail because ICriteria selects Actions, not Products?
I may consider HQL but I actually doesn't like string queries... Just for example, here's the HQL that works and produces exactly the SQL that I need:
IQuery query = Session.CreateQuery("select distinct p from Action a inner join a.Products as ap inner join ap.Category.Products as p");
return query.List<Product>();
Now, something similar can be done (keeping in mind that CreateAlias can only do 1 level) using
DetachedCriteria dq = DetachedCriteria.For<Action>()
.Add(Expression.Eq("Name", name))
.CreateAlias("Products", "ap")
.CreateAlias("ap.Category", "c")
.CreateAlias("c.Products", "p")
.SetProjection(Projections.Property("p.Id"));
ICriteria criteria = Session.CreateCriteria(typeof(Product))
.Add(Subqueries.PropertyIn("Id", dq));
return criteria.List<Product>();
This works and passes test, but produces "SELECT FROM products WHERE id in (subquery)" which may be even better (no DISTINCT required) but is not what I wanted to achieve. Seems like Criteria API is very, very restrictive. So we have:
HQL with string-query drawbacks
Criteria API with lots of restrictions and sometimes awful code to achieve simple results
NH-Linq which looks very promising but is incomplete now.
So I guess I'll stick with HQL until Linq is ready.
You need to use Projections, something like this:
ICriteria criteria = Session.CreateCriteria(typeof(Action))
.Add(Expression.Eq("Name", name))
.CreateAlias("Products", "ap")
.CreateAlias("ap.Category.Products", "p")
.SetProjection(Projections.Property("ap.Category.Products"))
.List<Product>();
Have a look at the nhibernate docs here for some examples.
Well, after thinking about Chris' answer... I tried this and it seemed to work:
ICriteria criteria = Session.CreateCriteria(typeof(Action))
.Add(Expression.Eq("Name", name))
.CreateAlias("Products", "ap")
.CreateAlias("ap.Category", "c")
.SetProjection(Projections.Distinct(Projections.Property("c.Products")));
Looks like NHibernate doesn't allow deep nesting of projection properties which is strange. And it doesn't work either, looking at generated SQL I see that it only selects
SELECT distinct c2_.Id as y0_ FROM ... Categories c2_ ...
i.e. it doesn't really fetch products, which makes my unit test to fail because returned list contains only nulls instead of Product instances.