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-rw-r--r--view/driver.cxx22
-rw-r--r--view/employee.hxx18
2 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/view/driver.cxx b/view/driver.cxx
index 74d6eed..d975cc4 100644
--- a/view/driver.cxx
+++ b/view/driver.cxx
@@ -314,6 +314,28 @@ main (int argc, char* argv[])
t.commit ();
}
+ // Get the list of employers that have any employees.
+ //
+ {
+ typedef odb::result<employer_with_employees> result;
+
+ shared_ptr<employer> es (new employer (3, "Empty Shell LLC"));
+
+ transaction t (db->begin ());
+ db->persist (es);
+
+ result r (db->query<employer_with_employees> ());
+
+ cout << "Employers with employees" << endl;
+
+ for (result::iterator i (r.begin ()); i != r.end (); ++i)
+ cout << " " << i->e->name () << endl;
+
+ cout << endl;
+
+ db->erase (es);
+ t.commit ();
+ }
// Get the list of employees that have accumulated vacation days.
//
diff --git a/view/employee.hxx b/view/employee.hxx
index 87f0bce..4e1b745 100644
--- a/view/employee.hxx
+++ b/view/employee.hxx
@@ -253,6 +253,24 @@ struct employee_country_objects
shared_ptr<country> nat;
};
+// An example of using inner join type. Here we want to find employers
+// that have any employees. If we were to use the default left join type,
+// then we would have gotten all the employers, regardless of whether
+// they have any employees. By using the inner join, we make sure that
+// only matching employers are returned.
+//
+// It is also likely that there will be more than one employee for any
+// particular employer which will lead to duplicate employer records
+// being returned. To avoid this we use the 'distinct' result modifier.
+//
+// Try to change the join type or remove 'distinct' to observe the
+// change in behavior.
+//
+#pragma db view object(employer) object(employee inner) query(distinct)
+struct employer_with_employees
+{
+ shared_ptr<employer> e;
+};
// An example of a native view that provides a complete query and is based
// on an ad-hoc table. This view allows us to load the employee vacation