That's probably the most efficient way to do it... I believe the line you
are referring allows you to have sub-entities which , in the RDBMS, would
execute a separate query for each parent given a primary key. The downside
to this though is that for each parent you will be executing N separate
queries.
I tend to like forcing all my logic in SQL and using transformers to process
each row for your DB is more efficient at the joins than the application
layer.
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 5:46 PM, harrysmith <harrysmith...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks, this helps a great deal, and I may be able to use this method.
>
> Is this how DIH is intended to be used? The multi values should be returned
> in 1 row then manipulated by a transformer? This is fine, but is just
> unclear from the documentation. I was under the assumption that multiple
> rows returned for a child entity with the same parent would be able to
> create a multivalued entry.
>
> From the DataImportHandler wiki:
>
> "...it is possible to create a multivalued field by joining an entity with
> another.i.e if the sub-entity returns multiple rows for one row from parent
> entity it can go into a multivalued field"
>
>
>
>
>
> For multiple value fields using the DIH, i use group_concat with the
> regextransformer's splitby:
> ex:
> <entity dataSource="grad_schools" query="
> SELECT group_concat(professors.name separator '|') as
> university_professors
> FROM professors
> WHERE professors.university_guid = '${universities.guid}'
> "
> transformer="RegexTransformer">
> <field column="university_professors" splitBy="\|" />
> </entity>
>
> hope that's helpful.
>
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>
> On 8/6/10 4:39 PM, harrysmith wrote:
> > I'm having a difficult time understanding how multivariable fields work
> > with
> > the DataImportHandler when the source is a RDBMS. I've read the following
> > from the wiki:
> >
>
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