getting result metadata from coldfusion newQuery() in cfscript - coldfusion

Documentation on CFscript is a bit sparse in the docs, and searching for a cfscript specific answer gets lost in CF tag answers. So here's my question:
How do I get the result metadata from a query that was performed using script? Using tags I can add result="myNamedResultVar" to my cfquery. I can then refer to the query name for data, or myNamedResultVar for some metadata. However, now I'm trying to write everything in script, so my component is script based, top-to-bottom. What I'm ultimately after is the last inserted Id from a MySQL insert. That ID exists in the result metadata.
myNamedResultVar.getPrefix().generatedkey
Here's my query code:
public any function insertUser( required string name, required string email, required string pass ) {
// insert user
var sql = '';
var tmp = '';
var q = new query();
q.setDatasource( application.dsn );
q.addParam(
name='name'
,value='#trim( arguments.name )#'
,cfsqltype='CF_SQL_VARCHAR'
);
q.addParam(
name='email'
,value='#trim( arguments.email )#'
,cfsqltype='CF_SQL_VARCHAR'
);
q.addParam(
name='pass'
,value='#hashMyString( arguments.pass )#'
,cfsqltype='CF_SQL_VARCHAR'
);
sql = 'INSERT INTO
users
(
name
,email
,pass
,joined
,lastaccess
)
VALUES
(
:name
,:email
,:pass
,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
';
tmp = q.execute( sql=sql );
q.clearParams();
}
How do I specify the result data? I've tried something like this:
...
tmp = q.execute( sql=sql );
var r = tmp.getResult();
r = r.getPrefix().generatedkey;
q.clearParams();
return r;
However, on an insert the getResult() returns a NULL as best I can tell. So the r.getPrefix().generatedkey does NOT work after an insert. I get r is undefined

You are getting the result property of the query first and then from that you are trying to get the prefix property in result. But this is not the case. You can directly get the prefix property and then the generated key like this:
tmp.getPrefix().generatedkey;
For reference you can check this blog entry: Getting the Generated Key From A Query in ColdFusion (Including Script Based Queries)

after some futzing... THIS seems to work
... tmp = q.execute( sql=sql );
var r = tmp.getPrefix( q ).generatedkey;
q.clearParams();
return r;

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How to get the results of a stored procedure when using cfscript new StoredProc()

First time trying to use a stored procedure via cfscript and I can't figure out how to get the results. With a regular query I do something like this to get my result set:
queryResult = queryResult.execute().getResult();
With the stored procedure my code is:
queryResult = new storedProc( procedure = 'stpQueryMyResultSet', datasource = 'mydsn' );
queryResult = queryResult.execute();
writeDump(queryResult);
That returns 3 structs - prefix, procResultSets and procOutVariables, but I can't seem to figure out how to get my query results.
Thanks to #Ageax for pointing me to that page. Here's how I got it working (I also added in a param for max rows to return):
queryResult = new storedProc( procedure = 'stpQueryMyResultSet', datasource = 'mydsn' );
queryResult.addParam( type = 'in', cfsqltype = 'cf_sql_integer', value = '10');
queryResult.addProcResult( name = 'result' );
qResult = queryResult.execute().getProcResultSets().result;
writeDump(qResult);

Using cfloop with queryfilter function

I am new to ColdFusion and trying to use cfloop for the below code:
<cfscript>
var origRate = 0;
var toRate = 0;
rates = myQuery.filter(function (obj) {
return (obj.code == arguments.origCode || obj.code ==
arguments.toCode)
})
</cfscript>
I modified below, the original code and inserted the above new code to avoid the inline sql queries:
<cfquery name="rates" dbtype="query">
select code, rate
from myQuery
where code = <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar" value="#arguments.origCode#" />
or code = <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar" value="#arguments.toCode#" />
</cfquery>
I tried using cfloop without changing to the previous code as below but it is not working:
<cfloop query="rates">
<cfscript>
if (code == arguments.origCode) origRate = rate;
if (code == arguments.toCode) toRate = rate;
</cfscript>
</cfloop>
Once the second block of code was inserted by commenting out the first block of code above, it did not load the page. If anyone has an idea, I really appreciate it. Thank you in advance!
There were some missing details about the application and data, so I made a couple of assumptions. It appears that you have a query object that you want to filter and pull rates from for an origCode and a toCode. Without knowing more about your data structure and what you plan to do with it, I can only make some general suggestions. I still maintain that it would be much better to filter in the query, but I understand the limitation. Since you have to filter inside your application, both the bulk of the base data you initially return and the processing to filter those records will negatively impact the performance.
First thing I did was to set up a fake query object. This is where my first assumption comes into play. I assumed that your code won't be any duplicated in your table, and that the code will have a rate associated with it.
myQuery = queryNew(
"code, rate",
"integer, integer",
[
{ "code" : 1 , "rate" : 10 } ,
{ "code" : 2 , "rate" : 15 } ,
{ "code" : 3 , "rate" : 20 } ,
{ "code" : 4 , "rate" : 25 } ,
{ "code" : 5 , "rate" : 30 }
]
);
I would not recommend a Query of Query here, because it's a lot of overhead for something that can be accomplished fairly easily.
I created a function that you can pass in your origCode and the toCode, and it will return you a structure of the origRate and the toRate. I included some comments in the code, so you will be able to see what I was doing. The bulk of the function is using the filter() closure to filter the query records down. If you are able to filter through SQL, you'll be able to eliminate this block.
function returnNewRates( required Numeric origCode, required Numeric toCode ) {
local.ratesStruct = { "origRate":-1, "toRate":-1 } ;
// This will be our query. If we _have_ to use an existing query, pass it in and duplicate() it. (Pass by Reference!)
local.qry = duplicate( myQuery ) ;
/////////////
// Closure to filter the query. This should be done in SQL.
// https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/cfml-reference/coldfusion-functions/functions-m-r/queryfilter.html
local.filteredQuery = qry
.filter( function (obj) {
return ( obj.code == origCode || obj.code == toCode ) ;
} ) ;
// Now assign new rates. NOTE: The query shouldn't return more than 2 rows. We can validate if needed.
for ( var r IN filteredQuery ) {
if( r.code == arguments.origCode ) { ratesStruct.origRate = r.rate ; }
if( r.code == arguments.toCode ) { ratesStruct.toRate = r.rate ; }
}
return ratesStruct ;
}
To assign the origRate and toRate, we first create a ratesStruct return value to hold the structure of the rates. After we filter our query, we just loop through those filtered results and check to see if the code in the row matches with our input variables. Another one of my assumptions was that the database would return no more than two records (one origCode and one toCode, or neither). If it is possible to return more than one row for a code, then the output codes will be overwritten by the last related row in the query. If there are other rows appropriate for sorting, then they can be used and only select the top row for the needed rate. I also defaulted the returned rates to a -1 to signify that no rate was found for the code. That can be changed if needed.
After that, I just ran a few tests to make sure we didn't get any wonkiness. Code is at https://trycf.com/gist/c3b87ca7c508562fd36f3ba6c73829c7/acf2016?theme=monokai.
And again, I think this can all probably be done within the database itself. Probably by giving you access to a stored procedure that you can pass origCode and toCode to.
If you are receiving an error about an invalid construct it is because the version of CF does not support the == operator. For Adobe ColdFusion, until recently the only supported equals operators have been eq, is or various comparison functions depending on the variables and intentions involved.
<cfloop query="rates">
<cfscript>
if (code eq arguments.origCode) origRate = rate;
if (code eq arguments.toCode) toRate = rate;
</cfscript>
</cfloop>

CF10 new query()

I am creating a query inside a function. Everything works fine until this line:
ulist = new query();
Then I get the error:
Could not find the ColdFusion component or interface query.
Code:
//GET USERS LISTS
remote query function getUserLists(userid) {
//CONFIGURE twitter4j
init();
//DEFINE USER LIST QUERY
var userLists = querynew("id, name, member_count", "Integer, VarChar, Integer");
//GET THE USER LISTS
getLists = t4j.getUserLists(#arguments.userid#);
//BUILD THE USER LIST QUERY
for (i=1;i LTE ArrayLen(getLists);i=i+1) {
newRecord = queryAddRow(userLists);
newRecord = querySetCell(userLists, "id", getLists[i].getId());
newRecord = querySetCell(userLists, "name", getLists[i].getName());
newRecord = querySetCell(userLists, "member_count", getLists[i].getMemberCount());
}
//SORT THE USER LIST BY NAME
ulist = new query();
ulist.setDBType("query");
ulist.setAttributes(sourceQuery=userLists);
ulist.setSQL("select * from sourceQuery order by name");
userListsSorted = ulist.execute().getresult();
//RETURN THE SORTED USER LIST QUERY
return userListsSorted;
}
As per Twitter, make sure you have a custom tag path pointing to [instance]/customtags - which should be there by default. You could use a mapping, pointing to one of the subdirectories within that [instance]/customtags directory, eg: /coldfusion pointing to [instance]\CustomTags\com\adobe\coldfusion, then use:
ulist = new coldfusion.query();
// etc
I'd just use the custom tag directory approach though.
Try using the full path:
ulist = new com.adobe.coldfusion.query()

Coldfusion: Can't reference var from query result set

Using cfscript, trying to set the ID of the newly inserted question so that I can use it in my answer insert to build the relationship. I've done this a million times outside of cfscript. setName seems to be the proper method to call to create the query name.
I'm receiving the error that "theQuestionID" does not exist in qryQuestion
i = 1;
while ( structKeyExists( form, "question" & i ) )
{
q = new Query();
q.setDatasource("kSurvey");
q.setName("qryQuestion");
q.setSQL("
set nocount on
insert into question (question)
values('#form["question#i#"]#')
select ##IDENTITY AS theQuestionID
set NOCOUNT off
");
q.execute();
writeOutput("Question"&i&"<br>");
j = 1;
while ( structKeyExists( form, "question" & i & "_answer" & j) ) {
q = new Query();
q.setDatasource("kSurvey");
q.setSQL("
insert into answer (answer,questionid)
values('#form["question#i#_answer#j#"]#',#qryQuestion.theQuestionID#)
");
q.execute();
writeOutput("Answer"&j&"<br>");
j++;
}
i++;
}
Theres a better way to accomplish this without having to select ##identity (which in itself isn't the best way to get it from sql server, using scope_identity is the best practice way to do this in sql server. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190315.aspx
Fortunately ColdFusion makes this even easier:
<cfscript>
insertQuery = new query();
insertQuery.setDatasource("datasourcename");
insertQuery.setSql("insert into contact(firstname, lastname)
values('ryan','anklam')");
result = insertQuery.Execute();
theKey = result.getPrefix().generatedkey;
</cfscript>

T4 Templates : Reading resulting columns of a stored procedure table

I am learning T4 templates right now, and all examples I got on internet is about using the tables for code generation. I want to use stored procedure result columns to generate automated UI, is it possible? OR I have to create view for same query? in that case, how to read from view?
Thanks in advance.
I got the solution and here is how you can generate a rad grid directly from the sp name
<#
'requires: <## assembly name="System.Data" #>
dim Server as new Server(".\sqlexpress")
dim database as new Database(server, "xxxx")
dim strSpName as String= "sp_xxxx"
Dim dt as System.Data.DataTable= database.ExecuteWithResults("exec sp_GetEquipment").Tables(0)
dim ctlName as String = "grdEqp"
#>
<telerik:RadGrid ID="grd" runat="server" Skin="Web20" AutoGenerateColumns="false">
<MasterTableView>
<Columns>
<#
For Each column As System.Data.DataColumn In dt.Columns
#><telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="<#=column.ColumnName #>" HeaderText="<#=column.ColumnName #>"/>
<#Next#>
</Columns>
</MasterTableView>
</telerik:RadGrid>
If you don't actually want to execute the stored procedure as various stored procedures have a number of different parameters passed then you could use the sp_describe_first_result_set system stored procedure to return the columns of the result set assuming there is just one.
/// <summary>
/// Returns table for which stored procedures need to be generated.
/// </summary>
string TableName = "usp_getNominalCode";
string SchemaName = "Financial";
DataTable DataTable
{
get
{
if (_table == null)
{
Server server = new Server(new ServerConnection(new SqlConnection(this.ConnectionString)));
SqlConnectionStringBuilder connectionStringBuilder = new SqlConnectionStringBuilder(this.ConnectionString);
Database database = new Database(server, connectionStringBuilder.InitialCatalog);
DataSet storedProcedureColumns = database.ExecuteWithResults("sp_describe_first_result_set #tsql= " + "'[" + SchemaName + "]" + ".[" + TableName + "]'");
_table = storedProcedureColumns.Tables[0];
}
return _table;
}
}
DataTable _table;
You can then query this table for it's structure like the other answer but it'll be a little more generic