论坛表结构
为了演示继承与关系，我们创建一个论坛数据库，在数据库中创建三个表：
1、 论坛版块分类表 dbo.Categories：
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字段名 |
字段类型 |
可空 |
备注 |
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CategoryID |
int |
not null |
identity/主键 |
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CategoryName |
varchar(50) |
not null |
2、 论坛版块表 dbo.Boards：
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字段名 |
字段类型 |
可空 |
备注 |
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BoardID |
int |
not null |
identity/主键 |
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BoardName |
varchar(50) |
not null |
|
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BoardCategory |
int |
not null |
对应论坛版块分类表的CategoryID |
3、 论坛主题表 dbo.Topics：
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字段名 |
字段类型 |
可空 |
备注 |
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TopicID |
int |
not null |
identity/主键 |
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TopicTitle |
varchar(50) |
not null |
|
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TopicContent |
varchar(max) |
not null |
|
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ParentTopic |
int |
null |
如果帖子是主题贴这个字段为null，否则就是所属主题id |
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TopicType |
tinyint |
not null |
0 – 主题贴 1 – 回复帖 |
实体继承的定义
Linq to sql支持实体的单表继承，也就是基类和派生类都存储在一个表中。对于论坛来说，帖子有两种，一种是主题贴，一种是回复帖。那么，我们就先定义帖子基类：
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[Table(Name = "Topics")] public class Topic { [Column(Name = "TopicID", DbType = "int identity", IsPrimaryKey = true, IsDbGenerated = true, CanBeNull = false)] public int TopicID { get; set; } [Column(Name = "TopicType", DbType = "tinyint", CanBeNull = false)] public int TopicType { get; set; } [Column(Name = "TopicTitle", DbType = "varchar(50)", CanBeNull = false)] public string TopicTitle { get; set; } [Column(Name = "TopicContent", DbType = "varchar(max)", CanBeNull = false)] public string TopicContent { get; set; } } |
这些实体的定义大家应该很熟悉了。下面，我们再来定义两个实体继承帖子基类，分别是主题贴和回复贴：
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public class NewTopic : Topic { public NewTopic() { base.TopicType = 0; } } public class Reply : Topic { public Reply() { base.TopicType = 1; } [Column(Name = "ParentTopic", DbType = "int", CanBeNull = false)] public int ParentTopic { get; set; } } |
对于主题贴，在数据库中的TopicType就保存为0，而对于回复贴就保存为1。回复贴还有一个相关字段就是回复所属主题贴的TopicID。那么，我们怎么告知Linq to sql在TopicType为0的时候识别为NewTopic，而1则识别为Reply那？只需稍微修改一下前面的Topic实体定义：
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[Table(Name = "Topics")] [InheritanceMapping(Code = 0, Type = typeof(NewTopic), IsDefault = true)] [InheritanceMapping(Code = 1, Type = typeof(Reply))] public class Topic { [Column(Name = "TopicID", DbType = "int identity", IsPrimaryKey = true, IsDbGenerated = true, CanBeNull = false)] public int TopicID { get; set; } [Column(Name = "TopicType", DbType = "tinyint", CanBeNull = false, IsDiscriminator = true)] public int TopicType { get; set; } [Column(Name = "TopicTitle", DbType = "varchar(50)", CanBeNull = false)] public string TopicTitle { get; set; } [Column(Name = "TopicContent", DbType = "varchar(max)", CanBeNull = false)] public string TopicContent { get; set; } } |
为类加了InheritanceMapping特性定义，0的时候类型就是NewTopic，1的时候就是Reply。并且为TopicType字段上的特性中加了IsDiscriminator = true，告知Linq to sql这个字段就是用于分类的字段。
实体继承的使用
定义好继承的实体之后，我们就可以使用了。先是自定义一个DataContext吧：
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public partial class BBSContext : DataContext { public Table<BoardCategory> BoardCategories; public Table<Board> Boards; public Table<Topic> Topics; public BBSContext(string connection) : base(connection) { } } |
然后，我们来测试一下Linq to sql是否能根据TopicType识别派生类：
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BBSContext ctx = new BBSContext("server=xxx;database=BBS;uid=xxx;pwd=xxx"); var query = from t in ctx.Topics select t; foreach (Topic topic in query) { if (topic is NewTopic) { NewTopic newtopic = topic as NewTopic; Response.Write("标题：" + newtopic.TopicTitle + " 类型：" + newtopic.TopicType + "<br/>"); } else if (topic is Reply) { Reply reply = topic as Reply; Response.Write("标题：" + reply.TopicTitle + " 类型：" + reply.TopicType + " 隶属主题：" + reply.ParentTopic + "<br/>"); } } |
然后我们往Topics表中加一些数据，如下图：
启动程序得到如下测试结果：
当然，你也可以在查询句法中直接查询派生实体：
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IEnumerable newtopiclist = (from t in ctx.Topics.OfType<NewTopic>() select t).ToList(); newtopics.DataSource = newtopiclist; IEnumerable replylist = (from t in ctx.Topics.OfType<Reply>() select t).ToList(); replies.DataSource = replylist; Page.DataBind(); |
newtopic和replies是两个GridView控件，执行效果如下图：
再来看看如何进行增删操作：
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NewTopic nt = new NewTopic() { TopicTitle = "还是新主题", TopicContent = "还是新主题" }; Reply rpl = new Reply() { TopicTitle = "还是新回复", TopicContent = "还是新回复", ParentTopic = 4 }; ctx.Topics.Add(nt); ctx.Topics.Add(rpl); ctx.SubmitChanges(); rpl = ctx.Topics.OfType<Reply>().Single(reply => reply.TopicID == 8); ctx.Topics.Remove(rpl); ctx.SubmitChanges(); |
实体关系的定义
比如我们的论坛分类表和论坛版块表之间就有关系，这种关系是1对多的关系。也就是说一个论坛分类可能有多个论坛版块，这是很常见的。定义实体关系的优势在于，我们无须显式作连接操作就能处理关系表的条件。
首先来看看分类表的定义：
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[Table(Name = "Categories")] public class BoardCategory { [Column(Name = "CategoryID", DbType = "int identity", IsPrimaryKey = true, IsDbGenerated = true, CanBeNull = false)] public int CategoryID { get; set; } [Column(Name = "CategoryName", DbType = "varchar(50)", CanBeNull = false)] public string CategoryName { get; set; } private EntitySet<Board> _Boards; [Association(OtherKey = "BoardCategory", Storage = "_Boards")] public EntitySet<Board> Boards { get { return this._Boards; } set { this._Boards.Assign(value); } } public BoardCategory() { this._Boards = new EntitySet<Board>(); } } |
CategoryID和CategoryName的映射没有什么不同，只是我们还增加了一个Boards属性，它返回的是Board实体集。通过特性，我们定义了关系外键为BoardCategory（Board表的一个字段）。然后来看看1对多，多端版块表的实体：
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[Table(Name = "Boards")] public class Board { [Column(Name = "BoardID", DbType = "int identity", IsPrimaryKey = true, IsDbGenerated = true, CanBeNull = false)] public int BoardID { get; set; } [Column(Name = "BoardName", DbType = "varchar(50)", CanBeNull = false)] public string BoardName { get; set; } [Column(Name = "BoardCategory", DbType = "int", CanBeNull = false)] public int BoardCategory { get; set; } private EntityRef<BoardCategory> _Category; [Association(ThisKey = "BoardCategory", Storage = "_Category")] public BoardCategory Category { get { return this._Category.Entity; } set { this._Category.Entity = value; value.Boards.Add(this); } } } |
在这里我们需要关联分类，设置了Category属性使用BoardCategory字段和分类表关联。
实体关系的使用
好了，现在我们就可以在查询句法中直接关联表了（数据库中不一定要设置表的外键关系）：
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Response.Write("-------------查询分类为1的版块-------------<br/>"); var query1 = from b in ctx.Boards where b.Category.CategoryID == 1 select b; foreach (Board b in query1) Response.Write(b.BoardID + " " + b.BoardName + "<br/>"); Response.Write("-------------查询版块大于2个的分类-------------<br/>"); var query2 = from c in ctx.BoardCategories where c.Boards.Count > 2 select c; foreach (BoardCategory c in query2) Response.Write(c.CategoryID + " " + c.CategoryName + " " + c.Boards.Count + "<br/>"); |
在数据库中加一些测试数据，如下图：
运行程序后得到下图的结果：
我想定义实体关系的方便我不需要再用语言形容了吧。执行上述的程序会导致下面SQL的执行：
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SELECT [t0].[BoardID], [t0].[BoardName], [t0].[BoardCategory] FROM [Boards] AS [t0] INNER JOIN [Categories] AS [t1] ON [t1].[CategoryID] = [t0].[BoardCategory] WHERE [t1].[CategoryID] = @p0 -- @p0: Input Int32 (Size = 0; Prec = 0; Scale = 0) [1] SELECT [t0].[CategoryID], [t0].[CategoryName] FROM [Categories] AS [t0] WHERE (( SELECT COUNT(*) FROM [Boards] AS [t1] WHERE [t1].[BoardCategory] = [t0].[CategoryID] )) > @p0 -- @p0: Input Int32 (Size = 0; Prec = 0; Scale = 0) [2] SELECT [t0].[BoardID], [t0].[BoardName], [t0].[BoardCategory] FROM [Boards] AS [t0] WHERE [t0].[BoardCategory] = @p0 -- @p0: Input Int32 (Size = 0; Prec = 0; Scale = 0) [1] |
可以看到，第二个查询并没有做外连接，还记得DataLoadOptions吗？我们可以要求Linq to sql在读取版块分类信息的时候也把版块信息一起加载：
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DataLoadOptions options = new DataLoadOptions(); options.LoadWith<BoardCategory>(c => c.Boards); ctx.LoadOptions = options; Response.Write("-------------查询版块大于2个的分类-------------<br/>"); var query2 = from c in ctx.BoardCategories where c.Boards.Count > 2 select c; foreach (BoardCategory c in query2) Response.Write(c.CategoryID + " " + c.CategoryName + " " + c.Boards.Count + "<br/>"); |
查询经过改造后会得到下面的SQL：
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SELECT [t0].[CategoryID], [t0].[CategoryName], [t1].[BoardID], [t1].[BoardName], [t1].[BoardCategory], ( SELECT COUNT(*) FROM [Boards] AS [t3] WHERE [t3].[BoardCategory] = [t0].[CategoryID] ) AS [count] FROM [Categories] AS [t0] LEFT OUTER JOIN [Boards] AS [t1] ON [t1].[BoardCategory] = [t0].[CategoryID] WHERE (( SELECT COUNT(*) FROM [Boards] AS [t2] WHERE [t2].[BoardCategory] = [t0].[CategoryID] )) > @p0 ORDER BY [t0].[CategoryID], [t1].[BoardID] -- @p0: Input Int32 (Size = 0; Prec = 0; Scale = 0) [2] |
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BoardCategory dbcat = new BoardCategory() { CategoryName = "Database" }; Board oracle = new Board() { BoardName = "Oracle", Category = dbcat}; ctx.BoardCategories.Add(dbcat); ctx.SubmitChanges(); |
上述代码导致下面的SQL被执行：
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INSERT INTO [Categories]([CategoryName]) VALUES (@p0) SELECT [t0].[CategoryID] FROM [Categories] AS [t0] WHERE [t0].[CategoryID] = (SCOPE_IDENTITY()) -- @p0: Input AnsiString (Size = 8; Prec = 0; Scale = 0) [Database] INSERT INTO [Boards]([BoardName], [BoardCategory]) VALUES (@p0, @p1) SELECT [t0].[BoardID] FROM [Boards] AS [t0] WHERE [t0].[BoardID] = (SCOPE_IDENTITY()) -- @p0: Input AnsiString (Size = 6; Prec = 0; Scale = 0) [Oracle] -- @p1: Input Int32 (Size = 0; Prec = 0; Scale = 0) [23] |