Session.GetObjectsFromQuery(XPClassInfo, LoadDataMemberOrderItem[], String) Method

Executes a SQL query and returns its result set as a collection of non-persistent objects.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpo

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpo.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public ICollection GetObjectsFromQuery(
    XPClassInfo classInfo,
    LoadDataMemberOrderItem[] members,
    string sql
)

VB.NET

Public Function GetObjectsFromQuery(
    classInfo As XPClassInfo,
    members As LoadDataMemberOrderItem(),
    sql As String
) As ICollection

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
classInfo	XPClassInfo	An XPClassInfo object which contains the metadata information on a non-persistent class corresponding to the query’s result set. The class must be decorated with NonPersistentAttribute.
members	LoadDataMemberOrderItem[]	An array of LoadDataMemberOrderItem objects which provide mapping information for classInfo members and the query’s result set columns.
sql	String	Specifies an SQL statement.

Returns

Type	Description
ICollection	A collection of non-persistent classInfo objects instantiated with data obtained via the specified SQL query.

Remarks

This method performs the following:

• Executes the specified SQL query and obtains the query result as a result set.
• Populates a collection with classInfo objects that are instantiated with the result set’s data, based on the mapping information passed as the members parameter. Note that classInfo should represent a non-persistent class decorated with a NonPersistentAttribute.

Note

The GetObjectsFromQuery method throws an exception if the members array includes any of the following classInfo members:

• A property that is not defined within the classInfo object.
• A struct type member.
• A reference to a class with a struct type member.
• A collection used in object relations.

To learn more about executing SQL queries in XPO and retrieving objects from query results, refer to Direct SQL Queries.