QueryNode Class

A base class for SQL query that retrieves data from one or more sources.

Namespace: DevExpress.DataAccess.DataFederation

Assembly: DevExpress.DataAccess.v20.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.DataAccess, DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.DataAccess

Declaration

public abstract class QueryNode :
    IQueryNode,
    IAliasedNode,
    IJoinNode,
    IQuery

Public MustInherit Class QueryNode
    Implements IQueryNode,
               IAliasedNode,
               IJoinNode,
               IQuery

Library	Related API Members
Cross-Platform Class Library	DataSourceModel.Query
QueryNodeCollection.Item[Int32]
QueryNodeCollection.Item[String]
Reporting	XtraReportModel.Query

You can create federated queries of the following types:

Join

Combines rows from two or more tables based on a column they share. The join type specifies records that have matching values in both tables. In API, create the SelectNode instance.
Union and Union All

The Union query combines rows from two or more tables into one data set and removes duplicate rows in merged tables. The UnionAll query operates like Union, but duplicates rows from different tables when they contain the same data. You can only create a union query for data sources that contain columns with the same name. Data types of such columns should be implicitly converted. In API, create the UnionNode instance and specify UnionNode.Type as Union/UnionAll.
Transformation

If a data source contains a complex column (an object), you can transform its properties to display them as separate columns in a flattened view. If one of the data columns is an array, you can unfold its values and display a new data row for every element of the array. When you unfold the column, you can flatten it and create a flattened view. In API, create the TransformationNode instance.