You could also use

WHERE siteUser.ID IS NOT NULL, assuming that the field does not allow
nulls.  That's what I sometimes do.

Bob


On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Ezra Parker <ezrapar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I hadn't tried this before, so I was curious and gave it a shot...
>
> WHERE 1 = :parameter does not appear to work, but it looks like you
> can create an always-true "dummy" clause by doing
> objectName.propertyName = objectName.propertyName, e.g.:
>
> WHERE siteUser.ID = siteUser.ID
>
> Ezra Parker
>
> On Jan 19, 3:45 pm, "Chris Peterson" <overrid...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> now i have to dig through source code, maybe I mis-remembered this, could
>> have sworn... gonna write a quick test case...
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Chris Peterson <overrid...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Sorry, I only laugh because I was in the same situation,  where somefield
>> > IS NULL, or blah = false, and I had to add params for those as well =)  Not
>> > laughing at you, just remembering my frustration
>>
>> > Chris Peterson
>>
>> > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Chris Peterson 
>> > <overrid...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> >> haha, you have to do  WHERE 1 = :one
>>
>> >> then setparam one = 1, otherwise Transfer tries to parse it =)
>>
>> >> Chris Peterson
>>
>> >> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Doug Boude <dougbo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >>> Okay, maybe I'm trying to do something silly here, but it is a technique
>> >>> I've employed extensively "pre-ORM", so can anybody tell me if this is
>> >>> 'legal' with Transfer?
>>
>> >>>  "... WHERE 1=1 AND ...."
>>
>> >>> I'm getting an error that seems to point to that bit of TQL, but is that
>> >>> truly illegal in TQL? It could be I have a syntax error elsewhere and the
>> >>> exception catcher was fooled.
>>
>> >>> Thanks.
>>
>> >>> In case you might wonder why I would add a 1=1, it's so I can simply add
>> >>> 'AND' to my subsequent clauses and not have to track whether or not it's 
>> >>> the
>> >>> first clause or not.
>>
>> >> --
>> >> Hey! I dont tell you how to tell me what to do, so dont tell me how to do
>> >> what you tell me to do! ~ Bender (Futurama)
>>
>> > --
>> > Hey! I dont tell you how to tell me what to do, so dont tell me how to do
>> > what you tell me to do! ~ Bender (Futurama)
>>
>> --
>> Hey! I dont tell you how to tell me what to do, so dont tell me how to do
>> what you tell me to do! ~ Bender (Futurama)
> >
>



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