well, I'm not certain I understand your question but if your method derives that totalOrderAmount then you'd have to sort that in memory after getting a reasonable number of objects from another fetch.
often times in these situations I setup a kind of calculated integer and store the result right on the User table, as an integer, so I can order objects based on that result. you'd need to identify the places (likely relationships) where operations might possibly change that number, and recalculate that result again at runtime -- again, you'd be storing and saving the resulting number on the user table for later sorting from the database. or maybe your issue is something else? On May 21, 2013, at 12:33 PM, James Cicenia <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have the following: > > customer <<---->> stores. > > I want the top five customers by order total for a store. > > I wrote a method: > > customer.totalOrderAmountByStore(Store store); > > What is the best way to sort that? > > Is there some cool ERXKEy? Make an abstract Entity in my Model? > > Wondering > James > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/jtayler%40oeinc.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
