On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Charles F. Munat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Is it possible to do joins in Lift Mapper? > > For example, I have a Category class that has a name and position (an > int). I have a Document class that has a name, a URI, and a Category. > > I want to query the database and get back all the Documents *and their > associated Categories* and I'd like to sort the results by the > Category.position. > > Ideas? This is one of the places that having a strongly typed language is less than optimal. Because we can't return a Document or a (Document, Category) depending on the query, this kind of query is difficult. So, the best I can suggest is running two queries (as I suggested on another thread today.) Sorry. David > > > Chas. > > > > -- Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net Collaborative Task Management http://much4.us Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp Git some: http://github.com/dpp --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
