Will Entity.SomeRelatedCollection.GetMulti(filter) apply the filter only to the items already related to the entity, or does the filter override the implied relationship filter?

It will fetch all entities using the filter specified, thus will not use an additional filter related to 'entity'.

Otis wrote:

It will fetch all entities using the filter specified, thus will not use an additional filter related to 'entity'.

Kind of a newbie, so bear with me. How would you go about applying a filter to the related collection?

junior882 wrote:

Otis wrote:

It will fetch all entities using the filter specified, thus will not use an additional filter related to 'entity'.

Kind of a newbie, so bear with me. How would you go about applying a filter to the related collection?

entity.SomeCollection, like customer.Orders, is filled with the filter based on the relation between the two, in my example customer and order. So if I want all customer's orders, I call customer.Orders. If I want all customer's orders for a particular date range, I call customer.GetMultiOrders() with the overload which accepts an additional filter.

Please consult the reference manual in the llblgen pro folder for details on these methods.

Otis wrote:

junior882 wrote:

Otis wrote:

It will fetch all entities using the filter specified, thus will not use an additional filter related to 'entity'.

Kind of a newbie, so bear with me. How would you go about applying a filter to the related collection?

entity.SomeCollection, like customer.Orders, is filled with the filter based on the relation between the two, in my example customer and order. So if I want all customer's orders, I call customer.Orders. If I want all customer's orders for a particular date range, I call customer.GetMultiOrders() with the overload which accepts an additional filter.

Please consult the reference manual in the llblgen pro folder for details on these methods.

Hmm. When I call that method, I do not see an overload to accept an additional filter. I only have 2 overloads....One takes forceFetch and the other has forceFetch and entityFactoryToUse.

It is available in 1.0.2004.2, perhaps you're using an older version? The method is located in the parent entity, so GetMultiOrders is located in CustomerEntityBase.

Otis wrote:

It is available in 1.0.2004.2, perhaps you're using an older version? The method is located in the parent entity, so GetMultiOrders is located in CustomerEntityBase.

Ok, I am using 1.0.2004.2. Here's my situation....

Dim Case as New CaseEntity(PK)
Dim People as New PeopleCollection = Case.GetMultiPeopleCollectionViaAssocIntPeople( )

The GetMultiPeopleCollectionViaAssocIntPeople method only has (forceFetch) and (forceFetch, entityFactoryToUse). Anyway, thanks for any help.

aha! that's a m:n relation. Sorry, I was talking about an 1:n relation.

I should have thought about that.