Create associate items

[MrSwitch]

With the autoFetch attribute, nested items are retrieved from associated tables.

Is it possible to have the same work for post, e.g if i were to post

  Person.create([{
     name:"John", 
     pets:[
        {name:"Fido"},
        {name:"Tigger"}
     ]
  }], function(){... respond when done...});

It would write items to the model which was associated with 'pets'

I found a work around using afterCreate hook e.g.

  afterCreate : function(){
      // Loop through and insert any children
      for(var x in this){
        if( this.hasOwnProperty(x) && this[x] instanceof Array && x in models){

          for(var i=0;i<this[x].length;i++){
            this[x][i]['owner_id'] = this.id;
          }

          models[x].create(this[x], function(err){
            if(err){
              console.log(err);
            }
            else{
              console.log("Added "+i +" pets");
            }
          });
        }
      }
 }

However i'd like it to be a little more abstract and have it know the reference to the child in question, e.g. not have to explicitily define it like i do with... this[x][i]['owner_id'] = this.id;

Also i'd only like it to trigger the callback if this has been completed successfully. But there is no "next" parameter passed to this particular hook.

Thanks in advance, great project.

[dresende]

Does your Person.create work? Does it create the 2 pets and then the person before calling your callback?

[MrSwitch]

No it doesn't. Thats why I've written the hook. Should it? I cant see it in
the docs.
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Does your Person.create work? Does it create the 2 pets and then the
person before calling your callback?

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[MrSwitch]

... also the two pets are created after the person because they reference
the owner. Dont know if you meant to say that or not.
On 2 Jul 2013 21:08, "Andrew Dodson" andrew.j.dodson@gmail.com wrote:

No it doesn't. Thats why I've written the hook. Should it? I cant see it
in the docs.
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person before calling your callback?

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[dresende]

They might be created after the owner to be able to have the owner id set. But what I meant was if the callback is called after the owner is created or after everything is created?

[MrSwitch]

The callback e.g. the one on Person.create ([...], callback) does not wait
for the afterCreate hook.
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They might be created after the owner to be able to have the owner id set.
But what I meant was if the callback is called after the owner is created
or after everything is created?

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[dresende]

Yes, after* hooks don't wait, they are triggered after the action. What I mean is if when the callback is called, the person and pets are already saved or it's just the person.

[MrSwitch]

Its just the Person, with no pets. I'll add a new test case if this isn't the expected behavior.

[dresende]

Can you try using the new operator?

var John = new Person({
    name: "John",
    pets: [ /* ... */ ]
});
John.save(/* ... */);

I think this works as expected. Maybe the only thing that is not is the different behaviour of Model.create.

[MrSwitch]

Its not working for me. here's my test case. John is inserted into the 'person' table but his pet Fido is not inserted into the 'animal' table.

console.log("TEST ASSOCIATE INSERT");


var orm = require('orm');

orm.connect("mysql://root:root@127.0.0.1/test?debug=true", function (err, db){

    console.log("CONNECTED TO DATABASE");

    ///////////////////////
    // CREATE THE PARENT
    ///////////////////////

    var Person = db.define('person', {
        name : String
    });

    ///////////////////////
    // CREATE THE CHILD
    ///////////////////////

    var Animal = db.define('animal', {
        name : String
    });


    ///////////////////////
    // LINK THEM UP
    ///////////////////////

    Animal.hasOne("owner", Person, {
        reverse: "pets"
    });


    ///////////////////////
    // Sync
    ///////////////////////

    db.sync(function(){

        console.log("SYNC'D DB `test`");

        ///////////////////////
        // Test insert
        ///////////////////////

        var John = new Person();
        John.name = "John";

        // Define associate
        John.pets = [
            {
                name : "Fido"
            }
        ];

        John.save(function(err,obj){
            console.log(arguments);
        });

    });

});

[dresende]

Try changing { name: "Fido" } to new Animal({ name: "Fido" }).

[MrSwitch]

Ah ok, so it can dish it* out but it can't take it* (*json).... pardon the joke.

That's what i thought. Any chance this could be a future feature?

[dresende]

Yes, I'll update this. I was just trying to understand if the problem was that or not.

[dresende]

Please try and tell if it's working now with the latest commit.

[MrSwitch]

I get these two inserts

 (orm/mysql) INSERT INTO `person` (`name`) VALUES ('John')
 (orm/mysql) INSERT INTO `animal` (`name`, `owner_id`) VALUES (NULL, 4)

The second one is missing the name.