customize finder method

2000-10-19 Thread Yeung Man Leung
Hi all, I have try to customize thea findBy method in one of my Bean in the following. finder-method query="select catname,description from cat_ejb_Category where $description like '%$1%'" partial="false" !-- Generated SQL: "select catname,description from cat_ejb_Category where

Re: customize finder method

2000-10-19 Thread Joe Walnes
ot; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 11:59 AM Subject: R: customize finder method Hi Leung, You should'nt use the '%' symbols in the finder definition, instead you should attach them to the parameter you pass to the finder method. i.e. finder definition: finder-method query="s

RE: customize finder method

2000-10-19 Thread Amir Peivandi
: Thursday, October 19, 2000 7:17 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: Re: customize finder method Actually it makes more sense to place the % in the finder method as it abstracts the SQL from the underlying code. A developer working with entity beans should never need to use any SQL (even if it only is one

Re: customize finder method

2000-10-19 Thread Joe Walnes
I agree Joe, but can you tell me how did you find out about this? I had the same problem long time ago and I end up with Giustino's solution! Just want to learn how to find the best answer to my questions. Figured it out :-) If $1 is a String, it is escaped and quoted before putting it in the