I thought it was impossible to end up with *fewer* results when
orExp()ing expressions.

I ran into this when reverse engineering a database.

-- 
Øyvind Harboe
http://www.zylin.com
If I run these two queries seperately, they find 
more records than if I "orExp" together the qualifiers.

Tested on SQL server & MS Access, same result.
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        // This Java code will result in the SQL query immediately below...
        SelectQuery query1=new SelectQuery(ElcRole.class);
        
query1.setQualifier(ExpressionFactory.matchExp(ElcRole.ELC_ROLEMEMBER_ARRAY_PROPERTY
 + "." + ElcRolemember.TO_SYS_USER_PROPERTY, getSysUser()));
        List l=context.performQuery(query1);
        return l;

SELECT DISTINCT t0.ELCROLE_NAME, t0.ELCROLE_ID, t0.SYSUSER_ID
FROM         ELC_ROLE t0 INNER JOIN
                      ELC_ROLEMEMBER t1 ON t0.ELCROLE_ID = t1.ELCROLE_ID
WHERE     (t1.SYSUSER_ID = 'BD93F348-8C02-4742-BA97-2456E5CD3881') 
 
ELCROLE_NAME                                    ELCROLE_ID                      
                                        SYSUSER_ID
Prosesseier                                             
E7BE040B-F0E3-4ecf-88A6-4B81BF7AE865    
Saksbehandler HMS                               
0636F7A4-006B-4926-873F-B5CF888F239C    
Saksbehandler Innkjøp                   E5DED96B-5F93-4575-85A4-1C14D94B9744    
Saksbehandler Lager                             
48461B6C-791B-11d4-8792-00508BCE14E0    FF3C97BB-8899-444c-8C6E-91E64D087E86
 
 
        // This Java code will result in the SQL query immediately below...
        SelectQuery query1=new SelectQuery(ElcRole.class);
        
query1.setQualifier(ExpressionFactory.matchExp(ElcRole.TO_SYS_USER_PROPERTY, 
getSysUser()));
        List l=context.performQuery(query1);
        return l;
                
SELECT     ELCROLE_NAME, ELCROLE_ID, SYSUSER_ID
FROM         ELC_ROLE t0
WHERE     (SYSUSER_ID = 'BD93F348-8C02-4742-BA97-2456E5CD3881') 

ELCROLE_NAME                                    ELCROLE_ID                      
                                        SYSUSER_ID
Saksbehandler Drift/Vedlikehold 04190624-7503-11d4-9078-00508BD89D95    
BD93F348-8C02-4742-BA97-2456E5CD3881
Saksbehandler Produksjon                04190625-7503-11d4-9078-00508BD89D95    
BD93F348-8C02-4742-BA97-2456E5CD3881
Testrolle 4                                             
07AF23BD-7DCA-41cc-9268-A4A08CF0B2DF    BD93F348-8C02-4742-BA97-2456E5CD3881
Testrolle 2                                             
A5E8553F-BB4D-4158-BA53-D8F206817938    BD93F348-8C02-4742-BA97-2456E5CD3881
Saksbehandler Forespørsel               A5F7E0D8-E204-478f-A7A4-DCC07C712673    
BD93F348-8C02-4742-BA97-2456E5CD3881
Testrolle 1                                             
AEBEDF2E-2656-4733-99A7-2EAC231DE379    BD93F348-8C02-4742-BA97-2456E5CD3881
Testrolle 3                                             
B90B4CCB-43EA-4187-B139-4138041A2F8D    BD93F348-8C02-4742-BA97-2456E5CD3881
Saksbehandler Transport                 E17775E2-897A-41d3-8CC0-D96E24E15DE7    
BD93F348-8C02-4742-BA97-2456E5CD3881
 
 
Does not find "Testrolle 4"
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        // This Java code will result in the SQL query immediately below...
        SelectQuery query1=new SelectQuery(ElcRole.class);
        
query1.setQualifier(ExpressionFactory.matchExp(ElcRole.ELC_ROLEMEMBER_ARRAY_PROPERTY
 + "." + ElcRolemember.TO_SYS_USER_PROPERTY, getSysUser()).
                        
orExp(ExpressionFactory.matchExp(ElcRole.TO_SYS_USER_PROPERTY, getSysUser())));
        List l=context.performQuery(query1);
 
SELECT DISTINCT t0.ELCROLE_NAME, t0.ELCROLE_ID, t0.SYSUSER_ID
FROM         ELC_ROLE t0 INNER JOIN
                      ELC_ROLEMEMBER t1 ON t0.ELCROLE_ID = t1.ELCROLE_ID
WHERE     (t1.SYSUSER_ID = 'BD93F348-8C02-4742-BA97-2456E5CD3881') OR
                      (t0.SYSUSER_ID = 'BD93F348-8C02-4742-BA97-2456E5CD3881')

ELCROLE_NAME                            ELCROLE_ID                              
                                SYSUSER_ID
Prosesseier                                     
E7BE040B-F0E3-4ecf-88A6-4B81BF7AE865    
Saksbehandler Forespørsel       A5F7E0D8-E204-478f-A7A4-DCC07C712673    
BD93F348-8C02-4742-BA97-2456E5CD3881
Saksbehandler HMS                       0636F7A4-006B-4926-873F-B5CF888F239C    
Saksbehandler Innkjøp           E5DED96B-5F93-4575-85A4-1C14D94B9744    
Saksbehandler Lager                     48461B6C-791B-11d4-8792-00508BCE14E0    
FF3C97BB-8899-444c-8C6E-91E64D087E86
Saksbehandler Produksjon        04190625-7503-11d4-9078-00508BD89D95    
BD93F348-8C02-4742-BA97-2456E5CD3881
Saksbehandler Transport         E17775E2-897A-41d3-8CC0-D96E24E15DE7    
BD93F348-8C02-4742-BA97-2456E5CD3881



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