Session.GetObjectsFromQueryAsync(XPClassInfo, String, String[], QueryParameterCollection, CancellationToken) Method

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

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpo

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpo.v24.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Win.PivotGrid, DevExpress.Win.TreeMap, DevExpress.Xpo

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Xpo

Declaration

C#

public Task<ICollection> GetObjectsFromQueryAsync(
    XPClassInfo classInfo,
    string sql,
    string[] parameterNames,
    QueryParameterCollection parameters,
    CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken)
)

VB.NET

Public Function GetObjectsFromQueryAsync(
    classInfo As XPClassInfo,
    sql As String,
    parameterNames As String(),
    parameters As QueryParameterCollection,
    cancellationToken As CancellationToken = Nothing
) As Task(Of 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.
sql	String	Specifies an SQL statement.
parameterNames	String[]	Specifies parameter names.
parameters	QueryParameterCollection	Specifies query parameter values.

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
cancellationToken	CancellationToken	null	A CancellationToken object that delivers a cancellation notice to the running operation.

Returns

Type	Description
Task<ICollection>	A Task<TResult> that returns a collection of non-persistent classInfo objects instantiated with data obtained via the specified SQL query.

Remarks

Use QueryParameterCollection to pass strongly-typed parameters. See examples here: Always Encrypted (SQL Server only).

C#

string sql = "select (FirstName + ' ' + LastName) as Name, City, Country from Employees where City = @city";
XPClassInfo classInfo = session.GetClassInfo<EmployeeModel>();
string[] parameterNames = new string[] { "city" };
QueryParameterCollection parameters = new QueryParameterCollection() {
    new ParameterValue() { DBTypeName = "nvarchar(15)", Value = "London" }
};
ICollection queryResultData = await session.GetObjectsFromQueryAsync(classInfo, sql, parameterNames, parameters);

VB.NET

Dim sql As String = "select (FirstName + ' ' + LastName) as Name, City, Country from Employees where City = @city"
Dim classInfo As XPClassInfo = session.GetClassInfo(Of EmployeeModel)()
Dim parameterNames() As String = { "city" }
Dim parameters As New QueryParameterCollection() From {
    New ParameterValue() With {.DBTypeName = "nvarchar(15)", .Value = "London"}
}
Dim queryResultData As ICollection = Await session.GetObjectsFromQueryAsync(classInfo, sql, parameterNames, parameters)

This method does the following:

• Executes the specified SQL query and obtains the query result.
• Creates objects using the specified classInfo and populates their properties with the resulting set’s data The members parameter specifies the mapping between columns in the resulting set and object properties. Note that classInfo should represent a non-persistent class decorated with a NonPersistentAttribute.

Note

The GetObjectsFromQueryAsync 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 statements in XPO, refer to Direct SQL Queries.

Note

The GetObjectsFromQueryAsync method sends statements directly, so the correct statement syntax and parameter names format depends on a particular database server.