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How to fetch a single object from Coredata using a predicate

I am trying to fetch a single object from my coredatabase, however it keeps returning null. My method is based off another method which returns every value from the coredata object that I am accessing..

I have never tried this before and have tried reading apples documents but its just not making sense.. this is what my method looks like

- (NSMutableArray *)readSelectedInstall:(NSString *)projIDString {
    NSManagedObjectContext *context = [self managedObjectContext];

    if (context == nil) {
        NSLog(@"Nil");
    }
    else {


        NSFetchRequest *fetchRequest = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init];
        NSEntityDescription *entity = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"InstallProject" inManagedObjectContext:context];
        [fetchRequest setEntity:entity];

        NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"ProjID==%@", projIDString];
        [fetchRequest setPredicate:predicate];

        NSError *error;

        NSMutableArray *installProjectDictionaryArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];


        NSArray *fetchedObjects = [context executeFetchRequest:fetchRequest error:&error];
        for (InstallProject *installProj in fetchedObjects) {

            NSMutableDictionary *tempInstallProjectDictionaryArray = [[ NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];

            [tempInstallProjectDictionaryArray setObject:installProj.companyName forKey:@"CompanyName"];
            [tempInstallProjectDictionaryArray setObject:installProj.projNo forKey:@"ProjNo"];
            [tempInstallProjectDictionaryArray setObject:installProj.projID forKey:@"ProjID"];

            [installProjectDictionaryArray addObject:tempInstallProjectDictionaryArray];
        }

        return installProjectDictionaryArray;
    }
    return nil;
}

any help getting me to return a single item thats projID matches the projIDString would be greatly appreciated.

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HurkNburkS Avatar asked Oct 16 '13 07:10

HurkNburkS


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1 Answers

Import NSManagedObject(InstallProject) and fetch one object like this,

-(InstallProject *)readSelectedInstall:(NSString *)projIDString
{

    NSArray *fetchedObjects;
    NSManagedObjectContext *context = [self managedObjectContext];
    NSFetchRequest *fetch = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init];
    NSEntityDescription *entityDescription = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"InstallProject"  inManagedObjectContext: context];
    [fetch setEntity:entityDescription];
    [fetch setPredicate:[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"(ANY ProjID contains[cd] %@)",projIDString]];
    NSError * error = nil;
    fetchedObjects = [context executeFetchRequest:fetch error:&error];

    if([fetchedObjects count] == 1)
    return [fetchedObjects objectAtIndex:0];
    else
    return nil;  

}
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karthika Avatar answered Sep 29 '22 17:09

karthika