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QueryToStructOfStructures(theQuery, primaryKey [, retainSort])

Last updated January 26, 2011

Version: 2 | Requires: ColdFusion MX | Library: DataManipulationLib

 
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Description:
Dumps an entire query into a structure of structures, with each row being easily accessible by knowing its primaryKey value. By making the passed primaryKey a foreign key from another table, you can effectively "join" tables that you couldn't join otherwise. Some code based on QueryToArrayOfStructures() by Nathan Dintenfass (nathan@changemedia.com)

Return Values:
Returns a structure.

Example:

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<CFSET Query = QueryNew("id,name,age")>
<CFLOOP INDEX="X" FROM=1 TO=3>
    <CFSET QueryAddRow(Query,1)>
    <CFSET QuerySetCell(Query,"ID",X+10)>
    <CFSET QuerySetCell(Query,"Name","Name #X#")>
    <CFSET QuerySetCell(Query,"Age",X+15)>
</CFLOOP>

<CFSET structStruct = QueryToStructOfStructures(Query, "ID")>
<CFDUMP VAR="#structStruct#">
<br>
<cfloop index="id" from="11" to="13">
    <cfoutput>structStruct[#id#] = #structStruct[id].name#, #structStruct[id].age#<br></cfoutput>
</cfloop>

Parameters:

Name Description Required
theQuery The query you want to convert to a structure of structures. Yes
primaryKey Query column to use as the primary key. Yes
retainSort If true, a Java LinkedHashMap will be used to create the result. This will create a struct with ordered keys. Defaults to false. No

Full UDF Source:

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<cfscript>
/**
 * Converts a query object into a structure of structures accessible by its primary key.
 * v2 mod by James Moberg - added retainSort
 * 
 * @param theQuery      The query you want to convert to a structure of structures. (Required)
 * @param primaryKey      Query column to use as the primary key. (Required)
 * @param retainSort      If true, a Java LinkedHashMap will be used to create the result. This will create a struct with ordered keys. Defaults to false. (Optional)
 * @return Returns a structure. 
 * @author Shawn Seley (shawnse@aol.com) 
 * @version 2, January 26, 2011 
 */

function QueryToStructOfStructures(theQuery, primaryKey){
       var theStructure  = structnew();
       /* remove primary key from cols listing */
       var cols          = ListToArray(ListDeleteAt(theQuery.columnlist, ListFindNoCase(theQuery.columnlist, primaryKey)));
       var row           = 1;
       var thisRow       = "";
       var col           = 1;
       var retainSort = false;
       if(arrayLen(arguments) GT 2) retainSort = arguments[3];
       if(retainSort){
               theStructure = CreateObject("java""java.util.LinkedHashMap").init();
       }
       for(row = 1; row LTE theQuery.recordcount; row = row + 1){
               thisRow = structnew();
               for(col = 1; col LTE arraylen(cols); col = col + 1){
                       thisRow[cols[col]] = theQuery[cols[col]][row];
               }
               theStructure[theQuery[primaryKey][row]] = duplicate(thisRow);
       }
       return(theStructure);
}
</cfscript>
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