Convert Sql Query to Grails/Gorm query - grails

Question

How do I convert the following SQL query to Grails/Gorm? Can this be done with a basic query? I would like to avoid using Criteria, Projections and HQL to keep it consistent with the structure of the other queries in my code base (which are basic queries).
SELECT dealer_group_user_dealer_users_id, COUNT(user_id)
FROM db.dealer_group_user_user
GROUP BY dealer_group_user_dealer_users_id;
And is it possible to perform the query in the gsp page to display the result for a specific user_id as opposed to running the query in the controller?
To update from a comment made, below is my domain classes.
class DealerGroupUser extends User{
static hasMany = [dealerUsers: User]
static constraints = {
}
}
class User {
transient authService
Boolean active = true
String firstName
String lastName
String title
String username
String emailAddress
String passwordHash
Date lastLoginTime
Date dateCreated
Date lastUpdated
Retailer dealer
Client client
Date passwordUpdated
Long dealerUser
Boolean isReadOnlyClientManager = false
String regionClientManager
// Transient properties
String fullName
String password
static transients = ['fullName', 'password']
static mapping = {
//permissions fetch: 'join'
sort firstName: 'asc' // TODO: Sort on fullName
}
static hasMany = [roles: Role, permissions: String]
static constraints = {
// NOTE: If a username is not provided, the user's email address will be used
firstName maxSize: 30, blank: false
lastName maxSize: 30, blank: false
title maxSize: 50, blank: false, nullable: true
username blank: false, unique: true
emailAddress email: true, unique: false, blank: false
passwordHash blank: false
lastLoginTime nullable: true
active nullable: true
dealer nullable: true
client nullable: true
passwordUpdated nullable: true
dealerUser nullable: true
regionClientManager nullable: true
}
void setEmailAddress(String emailAddress) {
if (EmailValidator.instance.isValid(emailAddress)) {
this.emailAddress = emailAddress
if (!username) {
username = emailAddress
}
}
}
static namedQueries = {
dealerGroupUsers {
eq 'class', 'com.db.torque.DealerGroupUser'
}
}
Integer setPassword(String plainTextPassword) {
plainTextPassword = plainTextPassword?.trim()
if (plainTextPassword) {
if (!plainTextPassword.matches("^(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=\\S+\$).{8,}\$")){
return -1
}
String previousPassword = this.passwordHash
String newPassword = authService.encrypt(plainTextPassword)
if (previousPassword != newPassword) {
this.passwordHash = newPassword
return 1
}
else {
return -2
}
}
return -1
}
#Transient
public static List<User> findAllByRolesContains(Role role) {
return User.executeQuery("""
SELECT u
FROM User as u
WHERE :role IN elements(u.roles)
""", [role: role])
}
String fullName() {
return "${firstName} ${lastName}"
}
String toString() {
return fullName()
}
}

Answer 1

SELECT dealer_group_user_dealer_users_id, COUNT(user_id)
FROM db.dealer_group_user_user
GROUP BY dealer_group_user_dealer_users_id;
In your user class you have :
Retailer dealer
So lets start from the beginning what is query doing, listing users from user then getting a count of how many times user appears on Retailer domain class ?
The best way to do this would
be
String query = """ select
new map(
u.id as userId,
(select count(d) from DealerGroupUser d left join d.dealerUsers du where du=u) as userCount
)
From user u order by u.id
"""
def results = User.executeQuery(query,[:],[readOnly:true]
This should do what you are doing I think.
And is it possible to perform the query in the gsp page to display the
result for a specific user_id as opposed to running the query in the
controller?
Views are presentation layer and hardcore work should be kept out of it - if needed to use a TagLib call.
Controllers although used in grails examples and rolled out as part of defaults to make things easier also not the best place. You should be doing that in a service which is injected in a controller and presented in view as the actual model of what is needed.
That is the proper way - GSP have a runtime size - keep it short, keep it sweet