IN operator in Named Query

Question

hi all,
is it possible to create a named query containing the IN clause if yes how to pass the parameters , i have smth like that:
"select * from tblUsers where employee_number in #param"
what should be the type of the parameter?

Answer 1

You can create a named query using an IN parameter, but you should be careful in doing this as an IN collection is not a valid parameter in SQL. TopLink will handle translating the IN as long as you are using dynamic SQL, or disable the prepare on the query. You can use Vector as the parameter value.
i.e.
ReadAllQuery query = new ReadAllQuery(Employee.class);
query.setSQLString("select * from tblUsers where employee_number in #param");
// Or: query.setSelectionCriteria(query.getExpressionBuilder().get("number").in(query.getExpressionBuilder().getParameter("param")));
query.setShouldPrepare(false);
query.addArgument("param");
Vector args = new Vector();
Vector param = new Vector();
param.add(new Integer(1));
param.add(new Integer(2));
param.add(new Integer(3));
args.add(param);
session.executeQuery(query, args);
// Or: session.executeQuery("findAllWithNumbers", Employee.class, args);