ServiceStack.OrmLite - how to include field from foreign key lookup?

Question

I\'m trying out the ServiceStack MVC PowerPack, and am trying the included OrmLite ORM and am trying to get data from a table referenced by a foreign key without any idea ho

Answer 1

To do this you would need to use Raw SQL containing all the fields you want and create a new Model that matches the SQL, so for this example you would do something like:

public class ShipperDetail
{
    public int ShipperId { get; set; }
    public string CompanyName { get; set; }
    public string Phone { get; set; }
    public string ShipperTypeName { get; set; }
}

var rows = dbCmd.Select<ShipperDetail>(
    @"SELECT ShipperId, CompanyName, Phone, ST.Name as ShipperTypeName
        FROM Shippers S INNER JOIN ShipperTypes ST 
                 ON S.ShipperTypeId = ST.ShipperTypeId");

Console.WriteLine(rows.Dump());

Which would output the following:

[
    {
        ShipperId: 2,
        CompanyName: Planes R Us,
        Phone: 555-PLANES,
        ShipperTypeName: Planes
    },
    {
        ShipperId: 3,
        CompanyName: We do everything!,
        Phone: 555-UNICORNS,
        ShipperTypeName: Planes
    },
    {
        ShipperId: 4,
        CompanyName: Trains R Us,
        Phone: 666-TRAINS,
        ShipperTypeName: Trains
    }
]