Query on HasMany reference

Question

I've an entity model like this:

public class Request
{
    public virtual IList<Response> Responses { get; set; }
}

public class Response
{
    public virtual DateTime Timestamp { get; set; }
    public virtual bool Success { get; set; }
}

I'm trying to create a Query that will give me all Request where its latest Response (regarding to its Timestamp) is sucess. How can this be done?

Answer 1

As almost always, NHibernate does have answer for this. What we are here trying to achieve would be a SQL Statement lookin like this:

// final Request selection
SELECT request.[RequestId] 
 FROM [Request] request 

   // Only requests, which are successful, and have Max(date)
   WHERE request.[RequestId] IN 
   (
     SELECT successResponse.RequestId as y0_ 
      FROM [Response] successResponse 

        // response which max date is equal to the upper response
        // and which RequestId corresponds with supper upper Request
        WHERE EXISTS
        (
          SELECT maxResponse.RequestId as y0_
           , max(maxResponse.[DateTime]) as y1_           
           FROM [Response] maxResponse 

           // do the MAX only for current Request
           WHERE maxResponse.RequestId = successResponse.RequestId 
           GROUP BY maxResponse.RequestId 

           // assure that the Response match is on the max DateTime
           HAVING max(maxResponse.[DateTime]) = successResponse.[DateTime]
        ) 
        AND successResponse.[Success] = 1
   )

Notes:

1. Expecting the Response does have RequestId
2. above was used C# // comment instead of SQL --

And now the magic of NHibernate and QueryOver:

// This declaration will allow us, to use a reference from middle SELECT
// in the most deeper SELECT
Response response = null;

// the most INNER SELECT
var maxSubquery = QueryOver.Of<Response>()
   .SelectList(l => l
    .SelectGroup(item => item.RequestId)
    .SelectMax(item => item.DateTime)
    )
    // WHERE Clause
   .Where(item => item.RequestId == response.RequestId)
   // HAVING Clause
   .Where(Restrictions.EqProperty(
      Projections.Max<Response>(item => item.DateTime),
      Projections.Property(() => response.DateTime)
    ));

// the middle SELECT
var successSubquery = QueryOver.Of<Response>(() => response)
    // to filter the Request
    .Select(res => res.RequestId)
    .WithSubquery
    .WhereExists(maxSubquery)
    // now only these wich are successful
    .Where(success => success.Success == true)
    ;

At this moment we have to inner SUB SELECTs, nested. let's use them:

// the most outer SELECT
var query = session.QueryOver<Request>();
query.WithSubquery
    // our Request ID is IN(...
    .WhereProperty(r => r.ID)
    .In(successSubquery);

var list = query
    .List<Request>();

Final notes, I am not discussing the concept. Not the performance. I would use rather a setting on response "IsActive" and make it easier ... this is just the answer how to do that...